Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: W3C MOOCs and EdX, Trust on the Web, JS and HTML6, New Tools, DNT, Automotive

This is the 30 March - 5 April 2015 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1]).  We have also included a few items from earlier in March which may be of interest.  The last version of the digest was on 30 January 2015. 

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


1) W3C and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. - Most *recent* first ]

* @W3C  April 2
#W3Cmember National Payments Corporation of India joined W3C dlvr.it/9DNBL4
(this tweet earned 6,198 impressions)

*  @omgubuntu
Firefox 37 Adds Native HTML5 YouTube Playback, New Feedback System omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/03/firefo… #firefox #linux pic.twitter.com/LE7YD0crTs

* @thew3cx Mar 31 
First W3Cx course: "Learn @html5 from @w3c" - to start June 1, 2015. Register here kwz.me/GZ
(this tweet earned 36 engagements)

* @danbri
proposed a Schema.org Community Group at W3C. Please consider supporting it, see w3.org/community/blog… for details.

* virginie galindo ‏@poulpita Mar 21
[web security] @W3C master plan for making the web a trusted place http://poulpita.com/2015/03/21/w3c-master-plan-for-making-the-web-a-trusted-place/ …
(this tweet earned 544 engagements)

*@w3c  Mar 12
Happy 26th Birthday World Wide Web! Thank you @timberners_lee for the Web which has changed all of our lives.
(this tweet earned 25.5K impressions)


2) Other news:
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*   W3C member proposes single-page apps without JavaScript in HTML6
20 March 2015
http://sdtimes.com/w3c-member-proposes-single-page-apps-without-javascript-in-html6/

*  @PageRankSEO The @w3c's Modern Tooling /via @robinberjon http://goo.gl/RnegVg  pull requests welcome #webstandards
2 April 2015
https://twitter.com/PageRankSEO/status/583729172167659520

*   What Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has to say about Internet harassment
11 March 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/11/what-tim-berners-lee-the-creator-of-the-web-has-to-say-about-internet-harassment/ 



3) W3C in the Press (or blogs)
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10 articles 
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]

1. Microsoft Disables “Do Not Track” As The Default Setting In Internet Explorer
 TechCrunch (3 April)
 http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/03/microsoft-disables-do-not-track-as-the-default-setting-in-internet-explorer/


2. W3C Will Provide MOOCs via edX
 Information Today, Inc. (2 April)
 http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/W3C-Will-Provide-MOOCs-via-edX-103065.asp


3. W3CがedXと連携し、HTML5のトレーニングコースをオンラインで開講 (W3C Launches First HTML5 Course in new partnership with edX)
 Excite Japan (1 April)
 http://www.excite.co.jp/News/column_g/20150401/Cobs_160341.html


4. Le W3C crée un cours HTML5 en partenariat avec edX (W3C creates HTML5 course in partnership with edX)
 Alliancy le mag (31 March)
 http://www.alliancy.fr/a-laffiche/education-formation/2015/03/31/le-w3c-cree-un-cours-html5-en-partenariat-avec-edx


5. W3C Joins edX and Launches HTML5 MOOC
 edX Blog (31 March)
 https://www.edx.org/blog/w3c-joins-edx-launches-html5-mooc


6. Can the mobile Web win back developers from iOS, Android?
 CNET (15 March)
 http://www.cnet.com/news/can-the-mobile-web-win-back-developers-from-ios-android/


7.  Dailymotion lance un nouveau player vidéo (Dailymotion Launches New Video player)
 JDN (13 March)
 http://www.journaldunet.com/media/publishers/dailymotion-lance-un-nouveau-player-video-0315.shtml


8. W3C turns BROWSERS into VIBRATORS
 The Register (13 February)
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/13/w3c_turns_browsers_into_vibrators/

9. W3C to standardize Web access in connected cars
 SD Times (5 February)
 http://sdtimes.com/w3c-standardize-web-access-connected-cars/


10. W3C master plan for making the web a trusted place
Virginie Galindo's blog, 21 March 2015
http://poulpita.com/2015/03/21/w3c-master-plan-for-making-the-web-a-trusted-place/ …



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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Received on Monday, 6 April 2015 20:41:11 UTC