Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Open Data promotion in Japan, RDF is 15 years old and RDF 1.1 became a Rec, Microsoft to implement WebDriver, etc.

This is the 21-28 February 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 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.)]


* (111) ITmedia Japan: Sabae City leads Open Data promotion in 24 Japanese  
cities, and first member of local government to join W3C.
<http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1402/26/news101.html>

* (48) Browser testing & tools WG meeting: Microsoft to ship a WebDriver  
implementation from IE 11+
<http://twitter.com/AutomatedTester/status/438558763432169472>

* (50) Spec: RDF 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation
<https://twitter.com/w3c/status/438331481392685056>

* (29) MWC14: #HTML5 ? We are a believer [picture of W3C booth]
<http://twitter.com/Salespointapp/status/437966881291784193>

* (200) MWC14: Mozilla signs a deal to make the world’s cheapest  
smartphone: $25 Firefox OS device with 3.5” screen and HTML5 apps
<http://topsy.com/s?q=%2425%20mozilla>

* (33) NWC14: W3C at Mobile World Congress - Booth 8.1G15
<https://www.w3.org/2014/MWC/>

* (14) celebration: 15th anniversary of RDF
<http://twitter.com/danbri/status/437250024343228417>

* (148) Mozilla: Wanted: Awesome HTML5 app ports for Firefox OS & the Open  
Web
<https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/02/firefox-apps-programs-2014/>



2) Net Neutrality & Open Web
============================

* Knight Foundation: Toward a stronger Internet, 27 February 2014
<http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2014/2/27/toward-stronger-internet/>

* Gigaom: Europe’s net neutrality law gets breathing space as industry  
committee delays vote, 25 February 2014
<http://gigaom.com/2014/02/25/europes-net-neutrality-law-gets-breathing-space-as-industry-committee-delays-vote/>

* Gigaom: Marc Andreessen says more net neutrality laws are not the  
answer, 24 February 2014
<http://gigaom.com/2014/02/24/marc-andreessen-says-more-net-neutrality-laws-are-not-the-answer/>

* Reuters: Netflix to pay Comcast for faster speeds, 24 February 2014
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/us-comcast-netflix-idUSBREA1M0X520140224>



3) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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10 articles this week.

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


    Papers Now Available Publicly for W3C/IAB "Strengthening the Internet"  
Workshop
    CircleID (26 February)
    http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140226_papers_available_for_w3c_iab_strengthening_the_internet_workshop/


    W3C aktualisiert Metadatenformat RDF (W3C updated RDF metadata format)
    Heise online (26 February)
    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/W3C-aktualisiert-Metadatenformat-RDF-2124627.html


    25 years of the World Wide Web: 25 Web superstars
    The Telegraph (25 February)
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10665375/25-years-of-the-World-Wide-Web-25-Web-superstars.html


    ¿Qué ha sido de HTML5? (What has become of HTML5?)
    Genbeta (25 February)
    http://www.genbeta.com/web/que-ha-sido-de-html5


    Evil or benign? 'Trusted proxy' draft debate rages on
    The Register (25 February)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/25/evil_or_benign_trusted_proxy_draft_debate_rages_on/


    MWC14: Gallegos en la meca sundial de la tecnología (MWC14: Galician in  
the world mecca of technology)
    Faro de Vigo (25 February)
    http://www.farodevigo.es/vida-y-estilo/tecnologia/2014/02/25/gallegos-meca-mundial-tecnologia/973883.html


    Servo: Inside Mozilla's mission to reinvent the web browser for the  
multi-core age
    ZDNet (24 February)
    http://www.zdnet.com/servo-inside-mozillas-mission-to-reinvent-the-web-browser-for-the-multi-core-age-7000026606/


    Mozilla signs a deal to make the world’s cheapest smartphone:  Firefox  
OS device with 3.5” screen and HTML5 apps
    phoneArena.com (23 February)
    http://www.phonearena.com/news/Mozilla-signs-a-deal-to-make-the-worlds-cheapest-smartphone-25-Firefox-OS-device-with-3.5-screen-and-HTML5-apps_id52963


    Il future della governance di Internet post Datagate: il Brasile dà  
l’esempio (The future of Internet governance after Datagate: Brazil leads  
the way)
    La Stampa (21 February)
    http://www.lastampa.it/2014/02/21/tecnologia/il-futuro-della-governance-di-internet-post-datagate-il-brasile-d-lesempio-ErEm79auOLdCIXps70PdJL/pagina.html




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

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