PubSub, WebVR, Big Data, Digital Publishing, alternate histories, UK & Ireland office, IDPF, Tim Berners-Lee, Accessibility

This is the 17-24 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]


20 October 2016
@aaronpk
PubSubHubbub is now known as PubSub, and has been adopted by the @W3C! https://www.w3.org/TR/pubsub/  Congrats @julien51!
https://twitter.com/aaronpk/statuses/789177952139304961
(23 Retweets, 33 Likes)

19 October 2016
@amberroyVR
At @Samsung U.S. headquarters, nice campus! Here for @w3c #WebVR workshop, giving a lightning talk on #ReactVR.
https://twitter.com/amberroyVR/statuses/788747532872495105
(16 Retweets, 36 Likes)

19 October 2016
@philarcher1
Small post on @w3c and Big Data, highlights the @BigData_Europe project and Apache event of the same name https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/10/w3c-and-big-data/ … @EventsLF
https://twitter.com/philarcher1/statuses/788725643894743040
(6 Retweets, 4 Likes)

18 October 2016
@fsasaki
bookfair #fbm16 - learn about @w3c digital publishing and @H2020_FREME multilingual & semantic standards in action: hall 4.0, booth J14!
https://twitter.com/fsasaki/statuses/788654417008586752
(5 Retweets, 6 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*     8 (Completely Plausible) Alternate Histories of the Internet
20 October 2016
New York Magazine
by Brian Feldman
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/10/8-completely-plausible-alternate-histories-of-the-internet.html



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 ]

*     Web visionaries celebrate “strong match” that will promote the development of global Web standards
21 October 2016
University of Southampton
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/news/4940


*     Is this Good for Me? The Proposed Combination of IDPF and W3C
21 October 2016
Medium
by Tzviya Siegman
https://medium.com/@tzviyasiegman/is-this-good-for-me-the-proposed-combination-of-idpf-and-w3c-410056691f5e#.fzmmd4nbo


*     16 novembre rendez-vous aux Assises du Livre Numérique  ("November 16 appointment with Focus on the Digital Book”)
19 October 2016
ID Boox
by ELIZABETH SUTTON
http://www.idboox.com/economie-du-livre/16-novembre-rendez-vous-aux-assises-du-livre-numerique/


*     4 reasons why an accessible website is a win-win
18 October 2016
OpenSource.com
by Joel H Crawford-Smith
https://opensource.com/life/16/10/why-web-accessibility


*     The Man Who Changed The World: Tim Berners-Lee
17 October 2016
Esquire Magazine
by Sanjiv Bhattacharya​
http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/news/a11106/the-man-who-changed-the-world/


*     Web Accessibility: Why it Matters to all Retailers
17 October 2016
Chain Store Age
by KEVIN RYDBERG
http://www.chainstoreage.com/article/web-accessibility-why-it-matters-all-retailers



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W3C/MIT
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amy@w3.org

Received on Monday, 24 October 2016 18:23:33 UTC