- From: Amy van der Hiel <amy@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:24:33 -0500
- To: public-w3c-digest@w3.org
- Cc: Amy van der Hiel <amy@w3.org>, Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
This is the 5-19 February 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 ==================================== [What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. - with most *popular* first] 8 February 2018 @ahopebailie Just pushed a new draft of @Interledger payment method specification for @w3c web payments APIs. Celebrating @googlechrome's intent to ship Payment Handler : https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/fVxkGlKpDbU … Please provide comments via GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/tree/gh-pages/proposals/interledger … Spec: https://w3c.github.io/webpayments/proposals/interledger/ … https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/961713727975383041 (55 Retweets, 99 Likes) 10 February 2018 @JamieXML Happy 20th Birthday, XML, which found its sweet spot not as a media-encrusted web medium (see HTML5) or as programmer shorthand (see JSON), but as the persistent long term form for structured, human-readable data. #standards HT @w3c @OASISopen @xmlprague http://sgmljs.net/blog/blog1802.html … https://twitter.com/JamieXML/status/962531739422765057 (30 Retweets, 43 Likes) 8 February 2018 @IBMAccess Recommendations for new #accessibility guidelines were announced last week. We have simplified and added context to the @w3c #WCAG 2.1 recommendations for you: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/age-and-ability/2018/02/08/simplifying-new-wcag-2-1-guidelines/ … #a11y #compliance https://twitter.com/IBMAccess/status/961693077332217857 (26 Retweets, 39 Likes) 6 February 2018 @anssik Generic Sensor API wearable technology: @Fitbit embraces @W3C Generic Sensor API in its JavaScript-based Fitbit SDK, includes Generic Sensor-based Accelerometer, Gyroscope, OrientationSensor, Barometer & HeartRateSensor. https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/device-api/sensors/ … https://twitter.com/anssik/status/960871202985308160 (8 Retweets, 33 Likes) 2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality ================================== * How 3 Digital Activists Remember John Perry Barlow 15 February 2018 TIME Magazine http://time.com/5159190/john-perry-barlow-obituaries/ 3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs) ========================================= 6 articles [Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ] * WebAssembly Working Group publishes three First Public Working Drafts 16 February 2018 SD Times by Jenna Sargent https://sdtimes.com/webdev/webassembly-working-group-first-public-working-drafts/ * Microsoft testing blockchain-based decentralised identification The Insider Car News 15 February 2018 http://theinsidercarnews.com/2018/02/15/microsoft-testing-blockchain-based-decentralised/ * HTML-First at Wiley BookNet Canada 14 Febraury 2018 https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2018/2/14/html-first-at-wiley * WebRTC Market Leans on Phenomenal Progress in Communication Technology and Increasing Telecom and Unified Communication Applications Chicago Evening Post by ARI ROUL http://chicagoeveningpost.com/2018/02/13/webrtc-market-leans-on-phenomenal-progress-in-communication-technology-and-increasing-telecom-and-unified-communication-applications/ * GOVT WEBSITES TO BE MORE USER-FRIENDLY The Pioneer 12 February 2018 http://www.dailypioneer.com/city/govt-websites-to-be-more-user-friendly.html * Mozilla’s IoT software for the Raspberry Pi gets major rev LinuxGizmos 6 February 2018 by Eric Brown http://linuxgizmos.com/mozillas-iot-things-gateway-software-gets-major-rev/
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