W3Cx, CSV to Rec, Data on the Web, Net Neutrality, 25th anniversary of the 1st website, HTML5

This is the 14 - 28   December 2015 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list [1]. 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/



1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first  (Note: Topsy has been shut down so we’re now using Twitonomy for a measure of relevance, noting retweets and likes)]


22 December 2015
@thew3cx
Releasing final week of the @w3c #html5 Part 2 #MOOC course. Learn Web components, etc. https://kwz.me/ME  w/ @micbuffa @edXOnline
(Retweets 19, Likes 11)
https://twitter.com/thew3cx/statuses/679316636281741312


17 December 2015
@philarcher1
Special thanks to @JeniT, @danbri , @Gkellogg, @JeremyTandy and @ivan_herman for getting CSV to @w3c Rec on time! 
(Retweets 11, Likes 7)
https://www.w3.org/blog/data/2015/12/17/end-of-year-bonanza …


18 December 2015
@hadleybeeman
What a year for all of us working on data in the @W3C. Prepare for a flurry of publications... overview: https://www.w3.org/blog/data/2015/12/17/end-of-year-bonanza/ … #opendata
(Retweets 8, Likes 7)
https://twitter.com/hadleybeeman/statuses/677866678835765249


18 December 2015
@antoine_isaac
Comments welcome on new @w3c WDs Data on the Web Best Practices http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-dwbp-20151217/ … & Data Quality Vocabulary http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-vocab-dqv-20151217/ … !
(Retweets 6, Likes 2)
https://twitter.com/antoine_isaac/statuses/677855040451780608


26 December 2015
@CSSConf.Asia 
It’s christmas! Time to level up your WebFont skills! Tech-Director of @w3c @svgeesus fills this talk \w great tips! youtube.com/watch?v=Mho5DI…
(Retweets 3, Likes 3)
https://twitter.com/cssconfasia/statuses/680587404923678720

27 December 2015
@jeffsonstein
Mobile internet is now just the internet [and you can thank @w3c for that] | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/27/mobile-internet-is-now-just-the-internet-smartphones-apple-android
https://twitter.com/jeffsonstein/status/681147994473889792



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*   Facebook is Misleading Indians With its Full-page Ads About Free Basics
26 December 2015
The Wire
by  MAHESH MURTHY
http://thewire.in/2015/12/26/facebook-is-misleading-indians-with-its-full-page-ads-about-free-basics-17971/


*   UPDATE: Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp And Brazil’s Congress Wants To Shut Down The Social Web Next
16 December 2015
Tech Crunch
by Julie Ruvolo 
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/16/brazils-congress-has-shut-down-whatsapp-tonight-and-the-rest-of-the-social-web-could-be-next/#.usf14p:v3E0



3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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4 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*   Info.cern.ch : le premier site Web a 25 ans
22 December 2015
sciences et avenir
by Arnaud Devillard
http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/high-tech/20151222.OBS1781/info-cern-ch-le-premier-site-web-a-25-ans.html


*   Inside Tim Berners-Lee’s first website on its 25th birthday
21 December 2015
Computing
by Peter Gothard
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2439952/inside-tim-berner-s-lee-s-first-website-on-its-25th-birthday



*   Facebook ditches Flash video in latest blow to maligned plugin
21 December 2015
The Guardian
by Samuel Gibbs
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/21/facebook-ditches-flash-video-html5



*   Firefox Gets Netflix HTML5 Support with Adobe Primetime Only for Windows
21 December 2015
by Silviu Stahie
Softpedia
http://news.softpedia.com/news/firefox-gets-netflix-html5-support-with-adobe-primetime-only-for-windows-497918.shtml



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Received on Monday, 28 December 2015 22:20:14 UTC