Weekly digest of W3C news and trends

This is the 05-12 October 2012 edition of a "Weekly digest of W3C news and  
trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership  
and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1]) and sends  
separately. This digest aggregates information about W3C from online  
media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is apprehended as viewed from  
online media.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


Notable activity last week includes:

  - 60 articles after the Webplatform.org launch, including in French,  
Russian, Dutch.
  - 18 articles about Do Not Track, including in French, Greek, Dutch.
  - nearly 2000 stories about W3C on Twitter.
  - 3300 Twitter mentions of webplatform.org on the launch day (2500 the  
following).
  - net increase of 540 Twitter followers.
  - 26 posts that dlvr.it posted to StatusNet, Twitter and Facebook between  
Oct 2-9 got 35.3K clicks, delivered to 54K connections.

Initial stats for webplatform.org after day 1:
  * 86k visitors in the first 24 hours (or so)
  * 720k page views
  * 664,927 wiki views
  * 7,289 registered users
  * 280 editors (users who have edited)
  * 2,036 content pages, with 11,278 edits


Below is the compilation of what I harvested monitoring the  
(micro)blogosphere and press.



W3C-related Twitter buzz
------------------------
[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first (popularity is flagged with the figure between  
parenthesis —that is the number of times the same URIs or tweet was  
quoted/RTed.]


* Do Not Track:

(77) ClickZ: Microsoft's Default Do Not Track Barely Discussed at W3C  
Meetings
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2216592/microsofts-default-do-not-track-barely-discussed-at-w3c-meetings>

(109) Neelie Kroes’ speech: An update on Do Not Track
<http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-716_en.htm>

(782) ZDNet: The Do Not Track standard has crossed into crazy territory
<http://www.zdnet.com/the-do-not-track-standard-has-crossed-into-crazy-territory-7000005502/>

(30) CBP: Commerciële belangen 'gijzelen' do-not-track-discussie W3C (CBP:  
Commercial interests 'hijack' W3C do-not-track discussion)
<http://tweakers.net/nieuws/84787/cbp-commerciele-belangen-gijzelen-do-not-track-discussie-w3c.html>



* Webplatform.org launch:

(275) Guardian: Google, Apple, Berners-Lee and more team up to launch Web  
Platform Docs
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/09/google-apple-berners-lee-web-platform>

(39) CMSWire: W3C Partners with Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Others to  
Create Web Standards Documentation Site
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/w3c-partners-with-google-facebook-microsoft-and-others-to-create-web-standards-documentation-site-017710.php>

(57) .net: W3C launches WebPlatform Docs
<http://www.netmagazine.com/news/w3c-launches-webplatform-docs-122277>

(120) Tweet: “Finally it would appear the W3C and other major players are  
going to supplant the W3schools out of date site  
http://www.webplatform.org/”
<https://twitter.com/boagworld/status/255601030182629376>

(369) Engadget: W3C teams with Apple, Google, Mozilla on WebPlatform, a  
guide to building the open web
<http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/w3c-teams-with-apple-google-mozilla-on-webplatform/>

(74) Microsoft: Microsoft Helps W3C Create Single Site for Web Standards
<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/oct12/10-08WebPlatformDocs.aspx>

(139) Tweet: “W3C, Adobe, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Nokia, Mozilla,  
and Opera launched http://t.co/pJ9bdZPO — documentation for web  
developers.”
<http://twitter.com/mathias/status/255329940722024449>

(6477) http://webplatform.org/



W3C in the Press (or some blogs)
--------------------------------


84 new articles added to the Clippings page  
<http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles-2012.html>, that is a lot; a regular  
week brings about 20 articles.
See a selection below.

Highlights:

  * Webplatform.org launch  (60 articles including in French, Russian,  
Dutch)
  * DNT (18 articles including in French, Greek, Dutch)


[Most recent first.
  title, source (date), link.
  Find keywords on our Press clippings page:  
http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


    Neelie Kroes: An update on Do Not Track The Centre for European Policy  
Studies (CEPS)/Brussels, 11 October 2012
    Europa (11 October)
    http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-716_en.htm


    W3C launches Web standards documentation site
    CIO (9 October)
    http://www.cio.com/article/718356/W3C_launches_Web_standards_documentation_site


    HTML5 & Web Technologies workshop at Kochi on Nov 03
    Kerala IT News (9 October)
    http://keralaitnews.com/state-scan/kochi/5574-html5-a-web-technologies-workshop-at-kochi-on-nov-03


    The Do Not Track standard has crossed into crazy territory
    ZDNet (9 October)
    http://www.zdnet.com/the-do-not-track-standard-has-crossed-into-crazy-territory-7000005502/


    Tech rivals join W3C in launching a WebPlatform site for HTML5
    ZDNet (9 October)
    http://www.zdnet.com/tech-rivals-join-w3c-in-launching-a-webplatform-site-for-html5-7000005431/


    Web Platform Docs Alpha Release
    Facebook Developers | HTML5 Blog (8 October)
    https://developers.facebook.com/html5/blog/post/2012/10/08/web-platform-docs-alpha-release/


    The web standards curriculum is dead; long live webplatform.org!
    Opera Developer News (8 October)
    http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2012/10/08/the-web-standards-curriculum-is-dead-long-live-webplatform-org


    Welcoming the new kid: Web Platform Docs
    Mozilla Hacks (8 October)
    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/10/welcoming-the-new-kid-web-platform-docs/


    Opera joins the W3C web platform
    Opera (8 October)
    http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2012/10/08/


    Facebook Teams Up With Google, Microsoft, Others To Create  
WebPlatform.org, A Developer Support Hub
    All Facebook (8 October)
    http://allfacebook.com/webplatform-org_b101538


    Hey, Web developers! Here's a one-stop shop for your app needs
    CNET (8 October)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57527681-93/hey-web-developers-heres-a-one-stop-shop-for-your-app-needs/


    Web Platform Docs Debuts with Developer Resources
    IEBlog (8 October)
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/10/08/web-platform-docs-debuts-with-developer-resources.aspx


    Teaming up on Web Platform Docs
    Google Developers Blog (8 October)
    http://googledevelopers.blogspot.fr/2012/10/teaming-up-on-web-platform-docs.html


    Mobile computing wars pose tough choices for internet publishers
    The Sydney Morning Herald (7 October)
    http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/mobile-computing-wars-pose-tough-choices-for-internet-publishers-20121003-26ycy.html



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   Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
      W3C/ERCIM - B219 - 2004, rte des lucioles - 06410 Biot - FR
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