Web & VR workshop, W3Cx, Web Payments, Tim Berners-Lee on Redecentralizing the Web, Paid Content, ICANN, Phil Archer on the Web of Data, TPAC in Lisbon, Accessibility, HTML5.1

This is the 19 September - 3 October 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]


22 September 2016
@anssik
Happy to announce all major browser vendors Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, Apple will join @W3C Web & VR workshop https://www.w3.org/2016/06/vr-workshop/ … @cvan
https://twitter.com/anssik/statuses/779228841009115136
(57 Retweets, 107 Likes)


21 September 2016
@VisualStudio
#WebDev, take Web pages from bland to bold! New @thew3cx course “#CSS Intro” from @w3c & @MSVirtAcademy
https://twitter.com/VisualStudio/statuses/778623573221081088
(28 Retweets, 40 Likes)


30 September 2016
@cgledhill
.@W3C Web #Payments #HTTP Specification Working Drafts Released  http://bit.ly/2d105Pe  #fintech
https://twitter.com/cgledhill/statuses/781878273710125056
(16 Retweets, 21 Likes)


20 September 2016
@lescarr
Redecentralising the Web: @timberners_lee inspiring the @w3c Technical Plenary to reimagine the future of the Web
https://twitter.com/lescarr/statuses/778501403287359488
(14 Retweets, 21 Likes)


23 September 2016
@mnot
The @W3C Paid Content Community Group looks interesting; it's time to give sites a better option than ads. https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/#paidcontenthttps://twitter.com/mnot/statuses/779486898020429824
(13 Retweets, 21 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*     US government no longer manages internet's technical functions
1 October 2016
The Independent
by Will Worley
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/internet-us-government-managing-online-data-icann-domains-internet-corporation-assigned-names-a7340636.html


*     Ted Cruz is wrong about how free speech is censored on the Internet
20 September 2016
The Washington Post
By Tim Berners-Lee and Daniel Weitzner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/20/ted-cruz-is-wrong-about-a-key-internet-agencys-ability-to-censor-free-speech/



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


*     Microsoft widens Edge browser bug hunt for bounty hunters
29 September 2016
The Register
by Dan Robinson
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/29/microsoft_widens_edge_bug_hunt_for_bounty_hunters/


*     W3C Web Payments HTTP Specification Working Drafts Released
29 September 2016
InfoQ
by Jeevak Kasarkod
https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/09/w3c-web-payments-working-draft


*     Autumn Marine Data Management & GIS WorkshopAutumn Marine Data Management & GIS Workshop
28 September 2016
GIS User
http://gisuser.com/2016/09/autumn-marine-data-management-gis-workshop/


*     W3C Web and Virtual Reality Workshop October 2016
27 September 2016
App Developer Magazine
by  RICHARD HARRIS
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/4433/2016/9/27/W3C-Web-and-Virtual-Reality-Workshop-October-2016/


*     What if ‘One Click’ Buying Were Internetwide?
25 September 2016
The New York Times
By NATHANIEL POPPER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/business/dealbook/what-if-one-click-buying-were-internetwide.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2


*     W3C Global Web Experts Plan Technical Roadmap for Future of Web
23 September 2016
Geeks World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/W3C-Global-Web-Experts-Plan-Technical-Roadmap-for-Future-of-Web-20160923


*     Web Accessibility: Why It Matters and What Governments Can Do About It (Industry Perspective)
Government Technology
by KEVIN RYDBERG
http://www.govtech.com/opinion/Web-Accessibility-Why-It-Matters-Industry-Perspective.html


*     W3C Set to Publish HTML 5.1, Work Already Started on HTML 5.2
21 September 2016
Softpedia
by Catalin Cimpanu  
http://news.softpedia.com/news/w3c-set-to-publish-html-5-1-already-started-work-on-html-5-2-508512.shtml





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W3C/MIT
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amy@w3.org

Received on Monday, 3 October 2016 18:04:04 UTC