Payments on the Web; Open Standards; AR, Web and Geospatial Tech; Mobile Web Apps; how we can fix the Internet; Tooling for Web Data; WebRTC; HTML 5.2

This is the 18 December 2017 - 8 January 2018 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]


17 December 2017
@ahopebailie
2018 is going to be a big one for payments on the Web. Lots happening with @w3c web payments and @Interledger (among many others). Big thanks to all the contributors this year and especially @ibjacobs for tirelessly pulling this all together https://www.w3.org/blog/wpwg/2017/12/14/merchant-adoption-the-next-goal/https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/942706473628561408
(56 Retweets, 112 Likes)


21 December 2017
@MikeThacker
I just published “Creating and maintaining open standards” https://medium.com/porism/creating-and-maintaining-open-standards-fb1c54ab3da4 … on outputs from @porism's work with @ODIHQ, @Opendatacoop @opennorth and @w3c
https://twitter.com/MikeThacker/status/943826287679983616
(17 Retweets,18 Likes )


18 December 2017
@opengeospatial
We're looking for sponsors for a joint OGC and @w3c Pilot project to propose standards to unite Augmented Reality, Web, and Geospatial tech http://go.myogc.org/2oE6ESh 
https://twitter.com/opengeospatial/status/942743291426230272
(16 Retweets, 19 Likes)


4 January 2018
@WhatWebCanDo
A great @w3c resource complementary to http://whatwebcando.today : Roadmap of Web Applications on Mobile https://www.w3.org/2018/01/web-roadmaps/mobile/https://twitter.com/WhatWebCanDo/status/948952348562542592
(8 Retweets, 18 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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 *  The web's greatest minds explain how we can fix the internet
20 December 2017
Wired
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-webs-greatest-minds-on-how-to-fix-it



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 of Data: Findings From W3C Study of Practices and Tooling For Web Data Standardisation Now Available
3 January 2018
InfoDocket
by Gary Price
http://www.infodocket.com/2018/01/03/web-of-data-findings-from-w3c-study-of-practices-and-tooling-for-web-data-standardisation-now-available/


*  Introducing Web Payments: Easier Online Purchases With The Payment Request API
2 January 2018
Smashing Magazine
by Peter O'Shaughnessy
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/01/online-purchase-payment-request-api/


*  WebRTC support widens, but codec conflicts could erupt
27 December 2017
Tech Target
by Tsahi Levent-Levi
http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/tip/WebRTC-support-widens-but-codec-conflicts-could-erupt


*  What’s new in HTML5.2
20 December 2017
InfoWorld
by Paul Krill
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3244087/html5/whats-new-in-html52.html

Received on Monday, 8 January 2018 17:31:26 UTC