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VirtualWords

  1. Pew research finds fewer than a quarter call themselves Hispanic or Latino: "Hispanic Labels Don’t Fit" ht.ly/axfkj
  2. Starbucks is showing more cultural awareness with an ultra-cool Japanese make-over, what do you think? ht.ly/aeygT
  3. Interpreters protesting new contract privatising court translation services in England & Wales ht.ly/9HGNq @BBCNews
  4. Global marketing budgets are shifting to emerging markets, WFA survey finds: ht.ly/9GaN7 via @mediapost
  5. Happy Girls day! Japanese Hina-Matsuri celebration, food and more: ht.ly/9q9NU
  6. Fun visual map of the official languages around the world, but so weird some are glaringly missing: ht.ly/9bdJC
  7. Our Chinese interpreters did such a great job at @WTCDenver's "Shared Energy" delegation, we love these kinds of gigs: ht.ly/98sJK
  8. ‎1/2 of Internet users in Brazil go online daily. That's roughly 42 million people. Can we say opportunity? ht.ly/8YvYq
  9. Disney, Univision in talks on news channel: ht.ly/8Y5Mj. U.S. Hispanic population 16% nationally & expected to be 1/3 by 2050.
  10. Did seeing the Super Bowl ads in advance help or hurt advertisers? Weigh in: ht.ly/8U920 "How the Internet Spoiled the Super Bowl"
  11. So excited 4 our client Tammy Skye! Her Eng & Spanish HCG cookbooks are on Amazon, check 'em out! ht.ly/8OrkI ht.ly/8Orls
  12. Aww, here's the Baby Translator from Huggies Korea! ht.ly/8wV2P (yes, we do see the English errors; no, we did not subtitle it :)
  13. “A right delayed is a right denied.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
  14. Love that New Zealand made it; and #1 goes to... >10 Best Countries For Starting A Business: ht.ly/8tuvX via @huffpostsmbiz
  15. Did you hear about Ortsbo's new tool to translate web videos into 50+ languages? Cool stuff. ht.ly/8qcvH via @fastcompany
  16. 90% of native English speakers can't pronounce every word in this poem correctly. We dare you to try! ht.ly/8kN7R
  17. We enjoyed watching this video of fireworks around the world, we hope you do too. Happy New Year, welcome 2012! ht.ly/8fiJd
  18. November-11? 11-November? 11-11-11 ... Finally, a date we can all agree on!
  19. Twitter is looking for Filipino & Malay translators! "It takes a community to translate Twitter" ht.ly/7ltGD
  20. Did you know? In Japan, watermelons are grown square. They stack better.