WebVR, <h1>, html5canvas, UK Ireland Office, Speech Synthesis API, IoT, W3Cx

This is the 30 May - 6 June 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/



2 June 2016
@mozillavr
We're excited to announce… the #WebVR API Spec is on the road to the @W3C standards track! https://blog.mozvr.com/webvr-api-transitions-to-w3c-standard/https://twitter.com/mozillavr/statuses/738365262143967233
(119 Retweets, 103 Likes)


1 June 2016
@stevefaulkner
Finally, HTML no longer advises to use all <h1>'s, as it don't work #HTML @w3c
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/statuses/738028349445025793
(43 Retweets, 35 Likes)


30 May 2016
@thew3cx
Learn how to draw w/ #html5canvas in Week 3 of @w3c #HTML5 Part 1 course! Enroll now: https://kwz.me/Vi 
https://twitter.com/thew3cx/statuses/737297986884120576
(15 Retweets, 17 Likes)

1 June 2016
@websciencetrust
World Wide Web Consortium @W3C to locate their UK & Ireland Office @sotonWSI @unisouthampton... http://fb.me/2n9azgDMA 
https://twitter.com/websciencetrust/statuses/737907510305280000
(8 Retweets, 2 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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6 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*    Le WebVR API effectue doucement sa transition vers le W3C Standard
“The API WebVR slowly makes its transition to W3C Standard"
Go Glasses 
2 June 2016
by Milan Boisgard
https://www.goglasses.fr/casques-realite-virtuelle/developpement-realite-virtuelle/le-webvr-api-effectue-doucement-sa-transition-vers-le-w3c-standard


*    Microsoft Edge to Support W3C's Speech Synthesis APIs
2 June 2016
Programmable Web 
by Eric Carter
http://www.programmableweb.com/news/microsoft-edge-to-support-w3cs-speech-synthesis-apis/brief/2016/06/02



*    China will decide the shape of the IoT, says chip designer ARM
2 June 2016
Computing
by John Leonard
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/feature/2460185/china-will-decide-the-shape-of-the-iot-says-chip-designer-arm

 

*   World Wide Web Consortium selects Web Science Institute to host UK and Ireland Office
31 May 2016
Eureka alert
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uos-www053116.php

 

*   Harvard and MIT teamed up for this open-source online education platform
31 May 2016
Cult of Mac
http://www.cultofmac.com/430104/edx-harvard-mit-online-courses/
 

*   W3Cと国際電子出版フォーラムが統合のための調査の開始を発表
"W3C and international electronic publishing forum announced the start of the study for the integration”
11 May 2016
Content Awareness Portal
http://current.ndl.go.jp/node/31566


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W3C/MIT
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Received on Monday, 6 June 2016 23:32:29 UTC