Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation, new Validator Suite pricing model, Super Mario in HTML5, etc.

This is the 11-18 October 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.]


* (700) Smashing Magazine: Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native  
Code
<http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/17/best-of-both-worlds-mixing-html5-native-code/>

* (70) W3C Validator Suite:

- W3C Tweet: “We launched Validator Suite™ which checks an entire Web  
site. Our free validators remain free, and will stay so.”
<http://twitter.com/w3c/status/390552588862898177>

- W3C Blog: W3C introduces new plan and pricing for Validator Suite
<http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/w3c-introduces-new-plan-and-pricing-for-validator-suite/>


* (4K) Super Mario implemented in HTML5
<http://www.fullscreenmario.com/>

* (170) Amelia Andersdotter: DRM/EME in HTML5 - an American thing
<https://ameliaandersdotter.eu/2013/10/13/drmeme-html5-american-thing>

* (90) W3C News: Touch Events is a W3C Recommendation
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3309>

* (120) Simon St. Laurent: What Do We Get for That DRM?
<http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/10/what-do-we-get-for-that-drm.html>

* (410) TechCrunch: ICANN, W3C Call For End Of US Internet Ascendancy  
Following NSA Revelations
<http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/11/icann-w3c-call-for-end-of-us-internet-ascendancy-following-nsa-revelations/>

* (700) FayerWayer: ICANN, W3C, Internet Society y más rompen con EE.UU. y  
se alían a Brasil (ICANN, W3C, the Internet Society and U.S. break up and  
join forces with Brazil)
<http://www.fayerwayer.com/2013/10/icann-w3c-internet-society-y-mas-rompen-con-ee-uu-y-se-alian-a-brasil/>


2) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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22 articles this week. Highlight:
  * Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation (12  
articles, in several languages)
  * DNT / Tracking Protection Working Group (5 articles)
  * DRM / EME (3 articles)


A selection follows.

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


    Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code
    Smashing Magazine (17 October)
    http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2013/10/17/best-of-both-worlds-mixing-html5-native-code/


    DRM In HTML5: What Is Tim Berners-Lee Thinking?
    Techdirt (16 October)
    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131016/06583824895/drm-html5-what-is-tim-berners-lee-thinking.shtml


    Tim Berners-Lee on Why HTML5 "Needs" DRM
    Computer World UK (14 October)
    http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/10/tim-berners-lee-on-why-html5-needs-drm/index.htm


    Internet infrastructure groups push for more independence from US  
monitoring
    Engadget (12 October)
    http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/12/internet-infrastructure-independence/


    The US is losing control of the internet
    Wired (12 October)
    http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/12/us-internet-control


    The Internet’s best hope for a Do Not Track standard is falling apart.  
Here’s why.
    Washington Post | The Switch (11 October)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/11/the-internets-best-hope-for-a-do-not-track-standard-is-falling-apart-heres-why/


    The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government
    Internet Governance Project Blog (11 October)
    http://www.internetgovernance.org/2013/10/11/the-core-internet-institutions-abandon-the-us-government/


    Tim Berners-Lee To Decide Fate Of W3C Privacy Group
    MediaPost Daily Online Examiner (10 October)
    http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/211099/tim-berners-lee-to-decide-fate-of-w3c-privacy-grou.html


    Super Mario fully playable online using HTML5
    CNET (10 October)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57606990-1/super-mario-fully-playable-online-using-html5/


    Critics slam World Wide Web Consortium over inclusion of DRM in HTML5
    NetworkWorld (4 October)
    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/100413-w3c-html5-274529.html



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

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