Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: WebbyAwards celebrating Web25, WebCryptoAPI LC comments, EFF Do Not Track tool, etc.

This is the 12-9 May 2014 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 trends
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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.)]


* (36) Segu-Info: W3C realiza un Penetration Test y solicita el cambio de  
contraseñas de sus usuarios (W3C performs a Penetration Test and requests  
the change of user passwords)
<http://blog.segu-info.com.ar/2014/05/w3c-realiza-un-penetration-test-y.html>

* (149) EFF: International Day Against DRM: Whatever Happened to the W3C?
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/international-day-against-drm-whatever-happened-w3c>

* (34) TheWebbyAwards: We're celebrating 25 years of the Web with  
@webfoundation and @w3c. Visit our 25 for 25 project:  
http://www.webat25.org/thewebbyawards/ #web25
<http://twitter.com/TheWebbyAwards/status/463604306747211777>

* (33) WebCryptoAPI Last Call comments from Akamai’s Principal Security  
Engineer Rich Salz
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webcrypto-comments/2014May/0000.html>

* (51) W3C Web and Mobile Interest Group: Standards for Web Applications  
on Mobile: current state and roadmap - April 2014
<http://www.w3.org/2014/04/mobile-web-app-state/>

* (228) SitePoint: Using Device Orientation in HTML5
<http://www.sitepoint.com/using-device-orientation-html5/>

* (1.1K) EFF: Help EFF Test Privacy Badger, Our New Tool to Stop Creepy  
Online Tracking
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/04/privacy-badger>



2) Open Web & net rights
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webat25.org: UK’s Southbank Centre Unveils Web We Want Festival in  
celebration of #web25 (8 May 2014)
http://www.webat25.org//news/uks-southbank-centre-unveils-web-we-want-festival-in-celebration-of-web25

The Verge, Huge coalition led by Amazon, Microsoft, and others take a  
stand against FCC on net neutrality (7 May 2014)
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5692578/tech-coalition-challenges-fcc

Ars Technica, Mozilla offers FCC a net neutrality plan—with a twist (5 May  
2014)
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/mozilla-offers-fcc-a-net-neutrality-plan-with-a-twist/

Mozilla, Starting May 12th, 2014 - Learn creative ways to teach web  
literacy, digital skills and open practices (1 May 2014)
http://training.webmakerprototypes.org/en/



3) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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18 articles since the previous Digest. A selection follows

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


    Should cloud services treat a million end-user devices equally?
    ZDNet (8 May)
    http://www.zdnet.com/should-cloud-services-treat-a-million-end-user-devices-equally-7000029208/


    USA: W3C's 'huge milestone' on DNT, moves to Last Call status
    Data Guidance (8 May)
    http://www.dataguidance.com/dataguidance_privacy_this_week.asp?id=2304


    We Need a Magna Carta for the Internet
    Huffington Post: The World Post (6 May)
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-bernerslee/internet-magna-carta_b_5274261.html


    Yahoo drops 'Do Not Track' policy in favor of 'personalized' experience
    IDG News (2 May)
    http://www.idgnews.in/article/yahoo-drops-do-not-track-policy-favor-personalized-experience


    Ad Industry Will Soon Unveil a Do Not Track Browser Solution
    Adweek (29 April)
    http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/ad-industry-will-soon-unveil-do-not-track-browser-solution-157356


    Web Standards Group Moves Forward With Do-Not-Track Effort
    MediaPost Daily Online Examiner (25 April)
    http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/224423/web-standards-group-moves-forward-with-do-not-trac.html


    Brazil's internet move globally acclaimed
    CIHAN (24 April)
    http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/Brazil-s-internet-move-acclaimed-globally_5550-CHMTQxNTU1MC80;+LzrqTnubHZdws


-- 
  Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

Received on Friday, 9 May 2014 16:04:57 UTC