iAnnotate 16, diversity at W3C, Web Authentication, Interledger. Vivo and accessibility, WebRTC

This is the 15 - 22 February 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)]


16 February 2016
@naypinya
iAnnotate 16 - @hypothes_is hosting annual open annotation event in Berlin! w/ @w3C. Information and registration - http://iannotate.org/2016/ .
https://twitter.com/naypinya/statuses/699625870743310340
(9 Retweets, 4 Likes)


19 February 2016
@stevefaulkner
Contributors to HTML are mostly white males, I would like to see that change - anyone can file a PR on the spec @w3c https://github.com/w3c/html 
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/statuses/700678377045250048
(6 Retweets, 3 Likes)


19 February 2016
@CenDemTech
.@W3C has new group w/ one goal – finding way to authenticate you w/o a #password from memory: #twofactor #perdevice http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/02/18/the-creators-of-the-web-are-working-on-a-way-to-kill-passwords/https://twitter.com/CenDemTech/statuses/700755795890282496
(5 Retweets, 5 Likes)


16 February 2016
@haydentiff
Check out @Interledger -a global standard for transacting across ledgers (community group on @w3c!). @IBMResearch @jwolpert #blockchain
https://twitter.com/haydentiff/statuses/699590602296553472
(3 Retweets, 5 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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3 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*   Vivo upgrades web portal for disabled visitors
19 February 2016
Telecom Paper
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/vivo-upgrades-web-portal-for-disabled-visitors--1128995



*   WebRTC: a game-changer for unified communications
18 February 2016
Channel Pro
by Bianca Allery
http://www.channelpro.co.uk/opinion/9781/webrtc-a-game-changer-for-unified-communications



*   W3C looks to secure the Web
17 February 2016
SD Times
by Christina Mulligan
http://sdtimes.com/w3c-looks-to-secure-the-web/



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Received on Monday, 22 February 2016 20:49:35 UTC