autofocus; Publishing Business Grroup/EPUB3; Best Practices for Data on the Web; tracking; Domain Encryption; Web Payments; WAI ARIA; Web Authentication; IoT

This is the 19 December 2016 - 9 January 2017 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]

2 January 2017
Added warning about autofocus attribute use https://w3c.github.io/html/sec-forms.html#autofocusing-a-form-control-the-autofocus-attribute … Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/762 … #HTML5 #a11y @w3c
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/statuses/815884132874092544
(31 Retweets, 31 Likes)

22 December 2016
@billmccoy
draft charters for new @w3c Publishing Business Group and EPUB 3 Community Group now available for review http://idpf.org/news/drafts-charters-of-w3c-publishing-business-group-epub-3-community-group … #openweb
https://twitter.com/billmccoy/statuses/812107959941500929
(16 Retweets, 4 Likes)

31 December 2016
@shepazu
Today is my last day at @W3C: http://schepers.cc/on-leaving-w3c . I'll talk more about my new project in the New Year! #Goodbye2016
https://twitter.com/shepazu/statuses/815364433425920002
(11 Retweets, 37 Likes)

28 December 2016
Hey @w3c members! Best Practices for Data on the Web is in PR til 15 Jan. Responses welcome. https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/ 
https://twitter.com/hadleybeeman/statuses/814178536873402368
(5 Retweets, 4 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*   WikiLeaks proposes tracking verified Twitter users’ homes, families and finances
6 January 2017
The Washington Post
by Brian Fung
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/06/wikileaks-proposes-tracking-verified-twitter-users-homes-families-and-finances/


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

*   Domain encryption deadline? Nah, say 345 gov't sites
6 January 2017
by Greg Masters
https://www.scmagazine.com/domain-encryption-deadline-nah-say-345-govt-sites/article/630207/


*   Amazon's patent on one-click payments to expire
5 January 2017
Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-patent-on-one-click-payments-to-expire-2017-1


*   Improve Your Website’s Accessibility With WAI-ARIA
4 January 2017
by Louis Lazaris
https://www.sitepoint.com/wai-aria/


*    EFTA Issues White Paper Focusing on Benefits, Challenges of Implementing User Authentication in Payments
22 December 2016
Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161222005050/en/EFTA-Issues-White-Paper-Focusing-Benefits-Challenges



*    IEEE Standards Association, AIOTI, oneM2M and W3C Collaborate on Joint White Paper Covering Semantic Interoperability for the Internet of Things (IoT)
21 December 2016
Manufacturing Tomorrow
http://www.manufacturingtomorrow.com/news/2016/12/21/-ieee-standards-association-aioti-onem2m-and-w3c-collaborate-on-joint-white-paper-covering-semantic-interoperability-for-the-internet-of-things-iot/8948/




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W3C/MIT
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amy@w3.org

Received on Monday, 9 January 2017 20:00:34 UTC