Weekly digest of W3C news and trends: Happy Birthday World Wide Web! #web25

This is the 7-14 March 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.)]


* (4.6K) Twitter’s tweet: “Happy birthday, @Web25! Celebrate + protect the  
open web by visiting webat25.org #web25”
<http://twitter.com/twitter/status/443568429065187328>

* (2.1K) The Times’ tweet: “‘Many will cancel their Web subscriptions & go  
back to watching television.’ – The Times, 1996 #web25  
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiioAtACcAAkYto.jpg “
<http://twitter.com/thetimes/status/443871572093202433>

* (1.1K) Google’s tweet: “The web is 25 today! We can’t imagine the world  
without it. Sign up now to protect it: https://www.google.com/takeaction/  
#Web25 pic.twitter.com/0RRjOijRTY”
<https://twitter.com/google/status/443783190885330944>
** The URI tweeted was shared 312K times on Twitter.

* (853) CERN’s tweet: “World Wide Web born at CERN 25 years ago #web25  
home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/”
<http://twitter.com/CERN/status/443677483540676608>
** The URI tweeted was shared 1.5K times on Twitter.

* (508) Pew Research: The Web at 25
<http://www.pewinternet.org/packages/the-web-at-25/>

* (675) Firefox’s tweet: “Happy 25th birthday to the World Wide Web!  
#Web25”
<http://twitter.com/firefox/status/443704793853591553>

* (402) Web25 tweet: “The Web is 25 today! Get involved in shaping its  
future and send your birthday messages via #Web25 and visit  
http://webat25.org”
<https://twitter.com/Web25/status/443856044049981440>
** The URI tweeted was shared 4.7K times on Twitter.

* (335) Web25 tweet: “Happy birthday World Wide Web! webat25.org is now  
live; tune in for a video of @timberners_lee, greetings, events, etc.  
#web25”
<http://twitter.com/Web25/status/443540961511997441>

* (277) The Webby Awards’ tweet: “Today at 3pm ET @timberners_lee is doing  
a @reddit AMA in honor of the WWW's birthday -  
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2091d4/i_am_tim_bernerslee_i_invented_the_www_25_years/  
#web25”
<http://twitter.com/TheWebbyAwards/status/443793761030516737>
** The URI tweeted was shared 3.6K times on Twitter

* (197) Google’s tweet featuring TimBL’s post: “On the 25th anniversary of  
the web, its inventor @tim_bernerslee reflects on its past, present &  
future  
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/on-25th-anniversary-of-web-lets-keep-it.html  
#web25”
<http://twitter.com/google/status/443748284696645632>
** The URI tweeted was shared 4.4K times on Twitter.

* (280) W3C News: Happy Birthday World Wide Web!
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3715>

* (30) Spec: HTML Imports Draft Published
<http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/3706>

* (22) Felix Sasaki’s tweet: “And now really: @w3c at cebit. We need  
standards so that the web of data + web of things really can take off!  
pic.twitter.com/48QMsRo1V4”
<http://twitter.com/fsasaki/status/443360333785481216>



2) Net Neutrality & Open Web
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* The Guardian: A partial history of the open web, in snakes and ladders  
form, 12 March 2014
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2014/mar/12/a-partial-history-of-the-open-web>

* Google, Guest blog post by Tim Berners-Lee: On the 25th anniversary of  
the web, let’s keep it free and open, 12 March 2014
<http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2014/03/on-25th-anniversary-of-web-lets-keep-it.html>



3) W3C in the Press (or blogs):
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125 articles in the past two weeks.
114 were about #web25, from USA, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Japan,  
Argentina, Nicaragua, Brazil, Greece. Find them in our Clippings page.
Below is a selection of the most relevant.

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


    W3C boss Jeff Jaffe explains how the web will beat smartphone apps and  
keep growing
    ZDNet (12 March)
    http://www.zdnet.com/w3c-boss-jeff-jaffe-explains-how-the-web-will-beat-smartphone-apps-and-keep-growing-7000027264/


    An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web
    The Guardian (12 March)
    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/online-magna-carta-berners-lee-web


    Tim Berners-Lee: The Web needs its freedom
    CNN (12 March)
    http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/12/tech/web/tim-berners-lee-web-freedom/index.html


    As the Web Turns 25, Its Creator Talks About Its Future
    NYTimes.com | Bits (11 March)
    http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/as-the-world-wide-web-turns-25-fear-about-its-future/


    25 years after inventing the web, Tim Berners-Lee invites users to help  
draft global “bill of rights”
    Gigaom (12 March)
    http://gigaom.com/2014/03/12/25-years-after-inventing-the-web-tim-berners-lee-invites-users-to-help-draft-global-bill-of-rights/


    The Web at 25: Revisiting Tim Berners-Lee’s Amazing Proposal
    Time (12 March)
    http://time.com/21039/tim-berners-lee-web-proposal-at-25/


    The Future Of The Web Is Audible
    Forbes (6 March)
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2014/03/06/the-future-of-the-web-is-audible/


    Chrome 34 Beta introduces hands-free Voice Search
    Betanews (28 February)
    http://betanews.com/2014/02/28/chrome-34-beta-introduces-hands-free-voice-search/


    Where is interoperability for social media?
    ZDNet (28 February)
    http://www.zdnet.com/where-is-interoperability-for-social-media-7000026894/




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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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