Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: W3C and OGC to work on Spatial Data on the Web, WAI Tutorials, W3Training, etc.

This is the 2-9 January 2015 edition (after a hiatus on 19 December 2014  
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 trends
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[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first]


* (110) News: W3C and OGC to Collaborate to Integrate Spatial Data on the  
Web
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4287> &  
<http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/2149>

* (34) Tutorials: WAI Web Accessibility Tutorials
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/>

* (31) Training: Learn Web development directly from @w3c instructors:  
#HTML5, #RWD, #JS online training courses start Jan.Feb. 15
<http://twitter.com/w3training/status/552022850471989248>



2) Net Neutrality:
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* Ars Technica: Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by  
FCC chairman
“Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler implied that  
Title II of the Communications Act will be the basis for new net  
neutrality rules governing the broadband industry. […] proposed rules […]  
will be circulated within the Commission on February 5 and voted on on  
February 26.”
<http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/title-ii-for-internet-providers-is-all-but-confirmed-by-fcc-chairman/>



3) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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6 articles since the 19-Dec Digest. A Selection follows.

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



    WebRTC Is New Factor in Mobile, Web Development
    ADTmag (8 January)
    http://adtmag.com/articles/2015/01/08/webrtc-traction.aspx


    Standards bodies join forces to create better geolocation Web data
    PCWorld (7 January)
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/2866596/standards-bodies-join-to-create-better-geolocation-web-data.html


    Analyst Watch: 2015 will be a pivotal year for HTML5
    SD Times (23 December)
    http://sdtimes.com/analyst-watch-2015-will-pivotal-year-html5/




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  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

Received on Friday, 9 January 2015 16:42:05 UTC