Shape Security, Universal Images, Music Notation, Validator Suite, Net Neutrality, Jeff Jaffe, Payments, Web Standards and Apps

This is the  28 December 2015 - 4 January 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)]


31 December 2015
@sideshowbarker
I’ve added #ContentSecurityPolicy syntax checking to @w3c validator https://validator.w3.org/nu/  using @ShapeSecurity lib https://github.com/shapesecurity/salvationhttps://twitter.com/sideshowbarker/statuses/682382850499317761
(Retweets 10, Likes 11)


5 January 2015
@CROWRDREAM
#w3ccommunity A Metadata Standard as a Base for Universal Images  http://ow.ly/WyxbW  From: @w3c #inclusion #PWD
https://twitter.com/CROWRDREAM/statuses/684147967385812994
(Retweets 3)


31 December 2015
@i18n_mug
.@W3C group wants to standardize music notation in your web browser http://ow.ly/WuMsO  #i18n #Unicode
https://twitter.com/i18n_mug/statuses/682610965653905409
(Retweet 1, Likes 3)


4 January 2016
@ChristanOnline
W3C Validator Suite is now Open Source. Code is available on GitHub under W3C Software license. https://github.com/w3c/validator-suitehttps://twitter.com/ChristanOnline/status/684032051432001536
(Retweet 1)


2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*   It’s a battle for internet freedom
28 December 2015
Brand Equality
by  Nikhil Pahwa
http://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/be-blogs/it-s-a-battle-for-internet-freedom/1123



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 ]

*   The world wide web: huge possibilities for tomorrow
4 January 2016
On Windows
By Lindsay James 
http://www.onwindows.com/Article/the-world-wide-web-huge-possibilities-for-tomorrow-50110#.Vop7c14iq70



*   W3C wants to standardise music notation in your Web browser
31 December 2015
Ars Technica
by  Andrii Degeler
http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/12/w3c-group-looks-at-standardising-music-notation-in-your-web-browser/



*   Trump isn't the only politician who says dumb things about the Net
31 December 2015 
CNET
by Stephen Shankland
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/trump-not-the-first-politician-to-say-dumb-things-about-the-net/


*   El World Wide Web Consortium trabaja para estandarizar los pagos electrónicos (“The World Wide Web Consortium is working to standardize electronic payments”)
30 December 2015
Integra Internet
https://integrainternet.com/el-world-wide-web-consortium-trabaja-para-estandarizar-los-pagos-electronicos 


*   The App-ocalypse: Can Web standards make mobile apps obsolete?
28 December 2015
Ars Technica
by Larry Seltzer
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/the-app-ocalypse-can-web-standards-make-mobile-apps-obsolete/

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W3C/MIT
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amy@w3.org

Received on Tuesday, 5 January 2016 14:19:40 UTC