Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Firefox OS phase 2, HTML5 Game Development, W3C cheatsheet updated, HTML+RDFa 1.1 is a REC, etc.

This is the 1-6 September 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/


1) 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.]


* (322) TechCrunch: Mozilla Launches Phase Two Of ‘Phones For Apps’  
Program, Giving Firefox OS Devices To Devs Who Port HTML5 Apps
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/mozilla-launches-phase-two-of-phones-for-apps-program-giving-firefox-os-devices-to-devs-who-port-html5-apps/>

* (35) W3C Blog: XML, JSON, XSLT and XQuery, by Liam Quin
<http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/09/xml_json_xslt_and_xquery.html>

* (141) Nettuts+: Interview With Lea Verou of the W3C
<http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/interview-with-lea-verou-of-the-w3c/>

* (30) Dom Tweet: I've just pushed a long overdue update to the @w3c  
cheatsheet; it now also integrates some JavaScript/DOM information [link]
<https://twitter.com/dontcallmeDOM/status/374561877532999680>

* (34) Steve Faulkner Tweet: use of <main> on top 100,000 web sites  
increases 300% in 2.5 months, all use single instance, random review =  
used as per spec #HTML5 @W3C
<http://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/374568388585988096>

* (14) Telefónica Digital Tweet: Closed vs Open? Our #TheOpenAgenda  
project gathers views from @Mozilla @DecodedCo @Linux @w3c on the future  
of tech. Launches tomo #cpeurope
<http://twitter.com/tefdigital/status/374572710396829696>

* (45) W3C Approves RDFa 1.1 for HTML5
<http://www.w3.org/News/2013#entry-9919>


2) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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20 articles. Highlight:
   * Web and Mobile Interest Group launch

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 ]


    Mozilla's 'Phone for Apps' initiative hits phase two, lures devs into  
porting HTML5 apps to Firefox OS
    Engadget (5 September)
    http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/mozilla-firefox-os-phone-for-apps-phase-two/


    Getting Started With HTML5 Game Development
    Mozilla Hacks (3 September)
    https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/09/getting-started-with-html5-game-development/


    Le W3C définit les priorités du web de demain (The W3C defines the  
priorities of the web of tomorrow)
    Silicon.fr (30 August)
    http://www.silicon.fr/le-w3c-definit-les-priorites-du-web-de-demain-88890.html


    TiVo gives Opera browser tech a place inside new Roamio DVR
    CNET (29 August)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57600648-93/tivo-gives-opera-browser-tech-a-place-inside-new-roamio-dvr/


    What Microsoft and Google's YouTube row says about the future of web  
development
    ZDNet (28 August)
    http://www.zdnet.com/what-microsoft-and-googles-youtube-row-says-about-the-future-of-web-development-7000019738/


    Peter Swire Quits Group Tasked With Creating Out Do Not Track Standard
    Adweek (28 August)
    http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/peter-swire-quits-group-tasked-creating-out-do-not-track-standard-152072


    Web and Mobile Interest Group Emerges from W3C to Further Mobile Web  
Initiative
    CMS Wire (27 August)
    http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/web-and-mobile-interest-group-emerges-from-w3c-to-further-mobile-web-initiative-022255.php


    Latest Developments: Internationalization Tag Set 2.0
    CNGL (23 August)
    http://www.cngl.ie/latest-developments-internationalization-tag-set-2-0/


    Around the World Wide Web in Eighty Minutes
    A List Apart (22 August)
    http://alistapart.com/column/around-the-www-in-80-minutes


    Web apps: the future of the internet, or an impossible dream?
    ZDNet (16 August)
    http://www.zdnet.com/web-apps-the-future-of-the-internet-or-an-impossible-dream-7000019320/


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

Received on Friday, 6 September 2013 16:46:32 UTC