Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: TimBL on encryption cracking, Test the Web Forward now part of W3C, OpenH.264, etc.

This is the 1-8 November 2013 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and  
trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership  
and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1]) [sent  
separately]. This digest aggregates information about W3C from online  
media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


1) W3C and HTML5 related Twitter buzz
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[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first (popularity is flagged with the figure between  
parenthesis —that is the number of times the same URIs or tweet was  
quoted/RTed.]


* (37) The Register: How the W3C met its Waterloo at the Do Not Track vote  
showdown
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/05/do_not_track_w3c_ads_privacy/>

* (39) ASCII.jp:  
日本語の縦書き文化を守る！ W3C、電子出版の国際標準化を推進 (I protect the  
vertical writing of Japanese culture! Promotion of W3C international  
standardisation, and ​​electronic publishing)
<http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/839/839431/>

* (22) W3C Invites Implementations of five Candidate Recommendations for  
version 1.1 of the Resource Description Framework (RDF)
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3389>

* (64) Welcoming Test the Web Forward to W3C
<http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/welcoming-testtwf-to-w3c/>
<http://testthewebforward.org/blog/2013/10/30/welcoming-testtwf-to-w3c.html>


2) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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28 articles in the last 14 days. Highlights:
  * Tim speaks on encryption cracking
  * OpenH.264

A selection follows.

[Most recent first.
  title, source (date), link.
  Find keywords on our Press clippings page:  
http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]



    Tim Berners-Lee: encryption cracking by spy agencies 'appalling and  
foolish'
    The Guardian (7 November)
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/tim-berners-lee-encryption-spy-agencies


    Why HTML, The Web's Publishing Language, Is Still Relevant In The  
App-Crazy Mobile Age
    Business Insider (4 November)
    http://www.businessinsider.com/html5-is-still-relevant-in-mobile-age-2013-11


    Cisco releases free and libre H.264 code for browsers
    Ars Technica (31 October)
    http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/cisco-releases-free-and-libre-h-264-code-for-browsers/


    Firefox Gets Guest Browsing Mode On Android, Web Audio API Support On  
All Platforms
    TechCrunch (29 October)
    http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/29/firefox-gets-guest-browsing-mode-on-android-web-audio-api-support-on-all-platforms/


    Spread the gospel! Tim Berners-Lee's Open Data Institute goes global
    The Register (29 October)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/odi_node_network/


    Do Not Track W3C murder plot fails by handful of votes
    The Register (28 October)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/do_not_track_w3c_split/




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  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +33643220001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

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