Sensors API, RDF-based annotations, Battery Status API, Device APIs WG, HTML new co-editor, CSS, W3Cx

This is the 28 March - 4 April 2016 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 [1]. 

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


1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first  (Note: Topsy has been shut down so we’re now using Twitonomy for a measure of relevance, noting retweets and likes)]


29 March 2016
@lukOlejnik
My sensors privacy report. Cross-device, fingerprinting, info leaks, tracking http://lukaszolejnik.com/SensorsPrivacyReport.pdf … for Sensors API under work at @w3c
https://twitter.com/lukOlejnik/statuses/714778854565482498
(24 Retweets, 20 Likes)


31 March 2016
@dret
interested in RDF-based annotations? new @w3c drafts for "Web Annotations" model/vocab/protocol: https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-annotation-model-20160331/;https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-annotation-vocab-20160331/;https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-annotation-protocol-20160331/https://twitter.com/dret/statuses/715590693536837632
(4 Retweets, 5 Likes)


29 March 2016
@anssik
Happy to report the Battery Status API is a @W3C Proposed Rec https://www.w3.org/TR/battery-status/ … Ships in Chrome Firefox Opera http://caniuse.com/#feat=battery-statushttps://twitter.com/anssik/statuses/714765915234168832
(3 Retweets, 6 Likes)


31 March 2016
@anssik
.@W3C Device APIs WG relaunches as Device and Sensors WG to bring consistent and more capable sensor APIs to the Web https://www.w3.org/2016/03/device-sensors-wg-charter.htmlhttps://twitter.com/anssik/statuses/715542702587256832
(3 Retweets, 3 Likes)


1 April 2016
@LeonieWatson
.@W3C #HTML has a new co-editor - welcoming @AlexanderDanilo from @Google http://w3c.github.io/html/ 
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/statuses/715788733040168960
(3 Retweets, 2 Likes)


1 April 2016
@oliverlindberg
Establishing Web Standards. @AaronGustafson explains how an idea becomes a spec at the @w3c: https://medium.com/net-magazine/establishing-web-standards-12f7f4308982#.83ugbzuzkhttps://twitter.com/oliverlindberg/statuses/715889711122788352
(2 Retweets, 5 Likes)





2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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4 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*   What's Coming for CSS: Compatibility and Control
3 April 2016
D Zone
by Rodrigo Kyle Mehren
https://dzone.com/articles/whats-coming-for-css-compatibility-and-control


*    HTML5 From W3C X Series
1 April
iProgrammer
by Sue Gee  
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/9590-html5-from-w3c-x-series.html


*    Here are some of the new features coming to Microsoft Edge with Windows 10 Anniversary Update
30 March 2016 
MS Poweruser
by Mehedi Hassan 
http://mspoweruser.com/new-features-coming-microsoft-edge-windows-10-anniversary-update/


*   Houdini: Maybe The Most Exciting Development In CSS You’ve Never Heard Of
24 March 2016
Smashing Magazine
by Philip Walton
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/houdini-maybe-the-most-exciting-development-in-css-youve-never-heard-of/



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Received on Monday, 4 April 2016 20:16:13 UTC