TimBL and IDPFDigiCon; Blockchain workshop; licenses and obligations WG; Javascript API; Web Payments; WebAuth; W3Cx in India; ePUB, W3C and IDPF

This is the 9-16 May 2016 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)]

10 May 2016
@epubpupil
#IDPFDigiCon Sir @timberners_lee—KEYNOTE! Realizing the Vision of Publishing Technology Being Web Technology (wow)
https://twitter.com/epubpupil/status/730062162434084864
(31 Retweets, 36 Likes)


11 May 2016
@coindesk
The @W3C is holding a workshop on distributed ledgers and the web this June: https://www.w3.org/2016/04/blockchain-workshophttps://twitter.com/coindesk/statuses/730487742543630336
(16 Retweets, 5 Likes)


13 May 2016
@SEMICeu
@w3c to start a new WG on #licences and obligations says @philarcher1 #SEMIC2016 #DCAT-AP @EU_DataPortal @EC_opendata @sharepsi
https://twitter.com/SEMICeu/statuses/731032399983878145
(9  Retweets, 7 Likes)


13 May 2016
@programmableweb
Browser wars: Why support for the @W3C's #Javascript #APIs may reign supreme http://bit.ly/1Ns49J9 
https://twitter.com/programmableweb/statuses/731202642010066944
(5 Retweets, 5 Likes)


9 May 2016
@CCI_92
Conférence #webpayment le 19 mai organisée par @cantontwitte avec @w3c et @Axway http://www.conferences-pic.com 
https://twitter.com/CCI_92/statuses/729590214717509633
(4 Retweets, 2 Likes)


9 May 2016
@thisNatasha
Slides for my talk on WebAuth are available at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CNU5hthtwqZbi-CWJgaHhoN_jyhMLJ8IEQJ_STc8HSY … #webprogressions thanks to the @w3c @FIDOAlliance crowd for the specs
https://twitter.com/thisNatasha/statuses/729734258638622721
(2 Retweets, 9 Likes)






2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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5 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*    Google to block Flash on Chrome, only 10 websites exempt
16 May 2016
CNET
by  Claire Reilly
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-to-block-flash-on-chrome-only-10-websites-exempt/



*    Blockchain as Part of the Web: Does It Fit in?
13 May 2016
Coin Telegraph
by Olusegun Ogundeji
http://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-as-part-of-the-web-does-it-fit-in



*    NIIT partners with edX to launch MOOC courses from MIT, W3C, Harvard & more
13 May 2016
Medianama
http://www.medianama.com/2016/05/223-niit-edx-moocs/



*    E-books, why so old-fashioned? Here's a Web wakeup call
10 May 2016
CNET
by  Stephen Shankland
http://www.cnet.com/news/e-books-why-so-old-fashioned-heres-a-web-wakeup-call-from-w3c/


*       BEA 2016: IDPF, W3C Explore Merger But Skeptics of Deal Respond
10 May 2016
Publisher's Weekly 
by Calvin Reid
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/70318-bea-2016-idpf-w3c-explore-merger-but-skeptics-of-deal-respond.html




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