Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Web Storage is a REC, Thomas Roessler leaving W3C, W3C Highlights Strategy Report, etc.

This is the 26 July - 2 August 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/


W3C and HTML5 related Twitter buzz
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[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.]


* (104) Resignation from the Tracking Protection Working Group from  
Jonathan Mayer on 2013-07-30
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2013Jul/0601.html>

* (18) W3C Highlights - August 2013
<http://www.w3.org/2013/08/w3c-highlights/>

* (11) Tweet: “After 9 years, l’ll leave @w3c this fall. I’ll be joining  
Google in October.”
<http://twitter.com/roessler/status/362957962463031298>

* (48) Blog: “Apple: Please Support Navigation Timing API in Safari”
<http://www.cedexis.com/blog/apple-please-support-navigation-timing-api-in-safari/>


W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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17 articles (including 5 times the same article on Web Storage in IDG news  
outlets).
Highlights:
   * Tracking
   * IETF 87
   * Web Storage

A selection of articles follows.


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


    W3C's Web Storage technology goes live
    Computerworld (1 August)
    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241287/W3C_s_Web_Storage_tech_goes_live


    Persistent Data Storage API
    I Programmer (1 August)
    http://www.i-programmer.info/news/87-web-development/6172-persistent-data-storage-api.html


    WCAG 2.0 sceptics: should we be afraid?
    Access iQ (31 July)
    www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2013/07/wcag-20-sceptics-should-we-be-afraid


    State of the Mobile Developer Mindshare
    Developer Economics (31 July)
    http://www.developereconomics.com/report/q3-2013-state-of-mobile-developer-mindshare/


    Opera Proposes NEX Packaging Format For Browser Extensions, Hopes To  
Make It A Web Standard
    TechCrunch (30 July)
    http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/30/opera-proposes-nex-packaging-format-for-browser-extensions-hopes-to-make-it-a-web-standard/


    IETF 87: Wann ist ein Standard ein Standard? (IETF 87: When a standard  
is a standard?)
    Heise online (30 July)
    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/IETF-87-Wann-ist-ein-Standard-ein-Standard-1926705.html


    W3C advocates currency-agnostic, browser-based web payment standard
    CoinDesk (30 July)
    http://www.coindesk.com/w3c-advocates-currency-agnostic-browser-based-web-payment-standard/


    Websites vs Web apps: What the experts think
    Developer Economics (29 July)
    http://www.developereconomics.com/websites-vs-web-apps/


    Pinterest Allows Users to Opt-Out of Being Tracked
    The New York Times | Bits (26 July)
    http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/pinterest-allows-users-to-opt-out-of-being-tracked/


    Microsoft readies IE 11 for Windows 7, too
    CNET (25 July)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57595410-75/microsoft-readies-ie-11-for-windows-7-too/

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

Received on Friday, 2 August 2013 14:59:43 UTC