Web Annotations; Web Driver; Incubation; DWBP; Linked Data Notifications; Jeff Jaffe at w3cTEFbc; ISP Privacy Rules; Web RTC; WebGPU; IDPF W3C merger; Accessibility

This is the 20 - 27 February 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]


24 February 2017
@hypothes_is
#annotation is now a standard! @w3c makes annotations first-class citizens of the web https://hypothes.is/blog/annotation-is-now-a-web-standard/https://twitter.com/hypothes_is/status/835284567544102912
(96 Retweets, 113 Likes)


20 February 2017
@shs96c
I'm just going to spend a couple of minutes being happy. The @w3c #webdriver spec is now a Candidate Recommendation! https://github.com/w3c/webdriver/commit/6273b09685132df5715ba707d2d57e53bf508ac6https://twitter.com/shs96c/status/833987241261330436
(24 Retweets, 51 Likes)


22 February 2017
@LeonieWatson
Have an idea for an @W3C standard? Here is some useful info about incubation
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/834403152225001472
(12 Retweets, 10 Likes)


24 February 2017
@ComuNICbr
Você publica dados na Web? Veja recomendações do @w3c para esta atividade! @cewebbr e @CInUFPE redigiram documento: https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/ 
translation: “Do you publish data on the Web? See @w3c recommendations for this activity. @cewebbr and @CInUFPE drafted document: https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/“
https://twitter.com/ComuNICbr/status/835195092210102272
(10 Retweets, 13 Likes)


23 February 2017
@csarven
#LinkedData Notifications cloud including the @W3C specification https://www.w3.org/TR/ldn/  , an implementation and its test report, an article
https://twitter.com/csarven/status/834730892027424768
(9 Retweets, 12 Likes)


21 February 2017
@lemmk
Security, privacy, #AI, #AR, #VR and #IoT among the megatrends that @w3c sees. J Jaffee presenting at #w3cTEFbc
https://twitter.com/lemmk/status/834098119721807876
(8 Retweets, 10 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*   FCC head puts the brakes on new ISP privacy rules
24 February 2017
Engaget
by Andrew Dalton
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/24/fcc-head-halts-new-isp-privacy-rules/


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


*  Web Real Time Communication Market - Industry Shares, Market Strategies And Key Players
Open PR
24 February 2017
http://www.openpr.com/news/448359/Web-Real-Time-Communication-Market-Industry-Shares-Market-Strategies-And-Key-Players.html


*   Apple’s WebGPU Standard Proposal—Aiming at Common Access to Explicit Graphics
24 February 2017
Architosh
by Anthony Frausto-Robledo
http://architosh.com/2017/02/apples-webgpu-standard-proposal-aiming-at-common-access-to-explicit-graphics/


*   Why the IDPF-W3C Merger is a Good Thing
24 February 2017
Publisher’s Weekly
by Laura Dawson
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/72884-why-the-idpf-w3c-merger-is-a-good-thing.html


*   Stop alienating your website visitors by overlooking web accessibility
22 February 2017
Tech World
by Aaron Cluka
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/614646/stop-alienating-your-website-visitors-by-overlooking-web-accessibility/?fp=16&fpid=1


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W3C/MIT
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Received on Monday, 27 February 2017 20:06:53 UTC