HTML5.1, W3C at WWW2016, Hardware-based Secure Services CG, W3Cx, Payment Request API, Tim Berners-Lee edX on IoT, image descriptions

This is the 4 -11 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)]


7 April 2016
@DesignerDepot
Working on HTML5.1 http://depot.ly/10o9Io  via @w3c
https://twitter.com/DesignerDepot/statuses/718068471788081153
(11 Retweets, 8 Likes)


8 April 2016
@thew3cx
Meet @w3c experts @www2016ca - See W3C track program https://www.w3.org/2016/04/w3c-track.html … and free meetup https://kwz.me/Ux 
https://twitter.com/thew3cx/statuses/718380299655229440
(7 Retweets, 10 Likes)


8 April 2016
@poulpita
[web security] the @w3c hardware-based secure services Community Group will meet in London soon, join us https://github.com/w3c/websec/wiki/Hardware-Securityhttps://twitter.com/poulpita/statuses/718379778512928768
(4 Retweets, 2 Likes)


5 April 2016
@mpaciello
RT @w3c: W3Cx and Intel open HTML5 Introduction MOOC course https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/5333https://twitter.com/mpaciello/statuses/717136966102491137
(4 Retweets, 1 Likes)


6 April 2016
@LeonieWatson
Great to kick off work on @W3C #HTML5.1 with @alexanderdanilo @MrCSS @stevefaulkner & @travisleithead yesterday https://github.com/w3c/html/ 
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/statuses/717638233534935040
(2 Retweets, 8 Likes)


7 April 2016
@JavaScriptKicks
Payment Request API by @W3C https://javascriptkicks.com/r/34734?url=https://w3c.github.io/browser-payment-api/specs/paymentrequest.html … #javascript via @JavaScriptKicks
https://twitter.com/JavaScriptKicks/statuses/718037954069979136
(3 Retweets, 1 Like)




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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3 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]

*   Microsoft Edge To Give Users Control Over Flash Content Along With Other Extensions In The Anniversary Update
8 April 2016
The Tech Portal
by Mudit Mohilay 
http://thetechportal.in/2016/04/08/microsoft-edge-to-receive-flash-control-along-with-extensions-with-anniversary-update/



*   MIT Professional Education Program On IoT
8 April 2016
I Programmer
by Sue Gee   
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/9614-mit-professional-education-mooc-.html



*   FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SIMPLIFY ACCESS TO IMAGES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
5 April 2016
The Siver Times
http://sivertimes.com/facebook-and-twitter-simplify-access-to-images-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/21870




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Received on Monday, 11 April 2016 18:48:55 UTC