Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: DNT, Firefox OS, Social Web standards, Cloud standardization, etc.

This is the 1-5 July 2013 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]) [sent  
separately]. This digest aggregates information about W3C from online  
media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media.

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


Notably this week :

- over 700 stories about W3C on Twitter in the past week.
- over 1500 mentions of W3C in past week.
- With 62913 Twitter followers, net increase of nearly 2.4K followers  
since 31 May.
- 19 posts that dlvr.it posted between Jun 23 - Jun 30 got 22K clicks with  
a potential reach to 75.3K connections.
- Peaks on 27-Jun (616 mentions) and 2-Jul (338 mentions) for top stories  
“eject DRM and You Risk Walling Off Parts of the Web, Says W3C Chief -  
Slashdot” [1], and “W3C Chief: To Prevent Parts Of The Web From Being  
Walled Off, We Need To Wall It Off Ourselves | Techdirt” [2].

[1]  
http://www.zdnet.com/reject-drm-and-you-risk-walling-off-parts-of-the-web-says-w3c-chief-7000017388/
[2]  
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130628/11544423661/w3c-chief-to-prevent-parts-web-being-walled-off-we-need-to-wall-it-off-ourselves.shtml

I also noted a funny story which made it to the top for 3 days in a row,  
the previous weekend:
“I feel bad for the W3C. For years we begged for gradients, so they gave  
us gradients. So what do we do? FLATTEN ALL THE THINGS.”
cf. <https://twitter.com/nickrp/status/345354597491167233>


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


W3C and HTML5 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.]


* (49) Minutes of Tracking Protection Working Group Teleconference -- 03  
Jul 2013
<http://www.w3.org/2013/07/03-dnt-minutes>

And also Ed Bott’s tweet:
“If you're interested in Do Not Track, follow the W3C Tracking Protection  
Working Group mailing list, where the DNT process is now imploding.”
<http://twitter.com/edbott/status/352513250971238400>

* (45) .net: Hot in web standards: May/June 2013, by Lea Verou
<http://www.netmagazine.com/features/hot-web-standards-mayjune-2013>

* (50) The Future Of The Social Web Depends On Standards - Forbes
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/rawnshah/2013/07/02/the-future-of-the-social-web-depends-on-standards/>

* (10) TAG Special Election: it's on! Sergey posted his thoughts today,  
check it out
<http://konstantinov.cc/post/54428368997/to-the-developers-and-beyond>

* (53) Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap  
(June 2013)
<http://www.w3.org/2013/06/mobile-web-app-state/>

* (159) Thunderclap - FirefoxOS, a new mobile operating system
<https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/2580-help-change-the-mobile-world?locale=en>

* (153) Firefox OS mobilises HTML5, without the added Steve Jobs • The  
Register
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/02/firefox_os_developer_review/>

* (48) Accessible User Experience and W3C-WAI | The Paciello Group Blog
<http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/06/accessible-user-experience-and-w3c-wai/>



W3C in the Press (or blogs): spanning 31 May - 3 July 2013
---------------------------

31 articles. Highlights:
   * Firefox OS, Firefox OS smartphones
   * DNT
   * EME in HTML5, DRM
   * Jeff Jaffe on Cloud standardization

A selection follows.

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


    Hot in web standards:  May/June 2013
    .net magazine (3 July)
    http://www.netmagazine.com/features/hot-web-standards-mayjune-2013


    Mozilla CTO: Firefox tablet coming 'ASAP'
    PCWorld (2 July)
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043420/firefox-tablet-coming-asap-says-mozilla-cto.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all


    Firefox OS mobilises HTML5, without the added Steve Jobs
    The Register (2 July)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/02/firefox_os_developer_review/


    W3C Chief: To Prevent Parts Of The Web From Being Walled Off, We Need  
To Wall It Off Ourselves
    Techdirt (2 July)
    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130628/11544423661/w3c-chief-to-prevent-parts-web-being-walled-off-we-need-to-wall-it-off-ourselves.shtml


    Six things you need to know about WebRTC
    NetworkWorld (1 July)
    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/070113-webrtc-insider-271255.html


    Tools To Help You Hide Online Raise The Ire Of Advertisers
    NPR (29 June)
    http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/07/02/198006118/tools-to-help-you-hide-online-raising-the-ire-of-advertisers


    How we can create open standards for social business
    ZDNet (27 June)
    http://www.zdnet.com/how-we-can-create-open-standards-for-social-business-7000017420/


    W3C chief says cloud and web bodies should work together
    Cloud Pro (27 June)
    http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/cloud-essentials/public-cloud/5748/w3c-chief-says-cloud-and-web-bodies-should-work-together


    The big lesson cloud computing needs to learn from the history of the  
web
    ZDNet (27 June)
    http://www.zdnet.com/the-big-lesson-cloud-computing-needs-to-learn-from-the-history-of-the-web-7000017343/


    Announcing Social Business Open Standards Workshop, Organized by  
OpenSocial Foundation and W3C, and Hosted by AppFusions
    Yahoo! Business and Finance (27 June)
    http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/announcing-social-business-open-standards-140355956.html


    Reject DRM and you risk walling off parts of the web, says W3C chief
    ZDNet (27 June)
    http://www.zdnet.com/reject-drm-and-you-risk-walling-off-parts-of-the-web-says-w3c-chief-7000017388/


    Ad group blasts cookie-privacy project from Mozilla, Stanford
    CNET (26 June)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57591052-93/ad-group-blasts-cookie-privacy-project-from-mozilla-stanford/


    How to Ensure Privacy in the Age of HTML5
    CIO (25 June)
    http://www.cio.com/article/735373/How_to_Ensure_Privacy_in_the_Age_of_HTML5?taxonomyId=3089


    Do Not Track standards do not coalesce
    Betanews (24 June)
    http://betanews.com/2013/06/24/do-not-track-standards-do-not-coalesce/


    As the Do Not Track standard unravels, privacy alternatives emerge
    ZDNet (20 June)
    http://www.zdnet.com/as-the-do-not-track-standard-unravels-privacy-alternatives-emerge-7000017053/


    The Ad Business Is About To Suffer A Stunning Defeat At Hands Of 'A  
Volunteer Who Hangs Around The Offices' Of Firefox
    Business Insider (17 June)
    http://www.businessinsider.com/jonathan-mayer-threatens-to-end-do-not-track-talks-2013-6


    W3C insider explains what's wrong with cramming DRM into HTML5 - and  
what you can do about it
    Boing Boing (6 June)
    http://boingboing.net/2013/06/06/w3c-insider-explains-whats-w.html


    DRM and HTML5: it's now or never for the Open Web
    The Guardian (6 June)
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/06/html5-drm-w3c-open-web


    Could Big Data Spur Semantic Web Development?
    SmartData Collective (5 June)
    http://smartdatacollective.com/bigdatastartups/128176/could-big-data-spur-semantic-web-development


    Open IPTV Forum publishes HTML5 profile for connected TVs
    Broadband TV News (4 June)
    http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/06/04/open-iptv-forum-publishes-html5-profile-for-connected-tvs/


    EFF blasts proposed DRM features in HTML5
    NetworkWorld (31 May)
    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/053113-eff-html5-270357.html


    W3C chief calls for tighter control over cloud standards
    TechRadar Pro (31 May)
    http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/cloud-services/w3c-chief-calls-for-tighter-control-over-cloud-standards-1155761


    EFF warns HTML5 webpage locks may strangle innovation
    Computer Business Review (31 May)
    http://appdev.cbronline.com/news/eef-warns-html5-webpage-locks-may-strangle-innovation-310513



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  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +33643220001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

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