We take for granted that we can get free information in a variety of places, but a lot of countries haven't been exposed to that. They particularly haven't been exposed to free content in their native languages, Baxter added. Baxter sees a lot of opportunities for U.S. companies to expand overseas. Mexico, China and Sweden are just a few countries that show great promise for American content companies looking to expand internationally. The next phase of research for eTranslate will be to see exactly what types of content overseas consumers want.
Employers know their workers surf the Web while on the clock.
More than anything else, they're reading the news. Forty-five percent were making travel arrangements. Four percent visited porn sites while at work. Seattle-based Qpass provides the infrastructure to sell online articles and other materials. Current U.S. customers include The Wall Street Journal and USA Today , America's largest newspapers.