Service Worker Spec, SPARQL, Linked Data Notifications, Blockchain, TPAC in Lisbon, 25th anniversary, autoplay, Web Applications, SVG/HTML/CSS, WebRTC, Screen Orientation, WAI

This is the 8 - 29 August 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)]

23 August 2016
@slightlylate
I (finally) transferred the Service Worker spec & design repository to the @w3c. Should be business as usual:
https://twitter.com/slightlylate/statuses/767862149376909312
(10 Retweets, 24 Likes)


26 Likes 2016
@danbri
Quick notes on using @BlazeGraph @w3c SPARQL to explore http://Schema.org  definitions.
https://twitter.com/danbri/statuses/769107058742427648
(8 Retweets, 13 Likes)


8 August 2016
@annbass
@w3c In 1994, my boss: "I need to support something called WWW & Mosaic. You want new job; check it out" Me: "Looks cool! Won't last" Haha
https://twitter.com/annbass/statuses/762733056851529728
(6 Retweets, 29 Likes)


24 August 2016
@poulpita
[thanks] here are the people behind @W3C operations, listening to members, helping consensus, building tools https://www.w3.org/People/ 
https://twitter.com/poulpita/statuses/768483816952528901
(5 Retweets, 7 Likes)


24 August 2016
@csarven
 #LinkedData Notifications https://www.w3.org/TR/ldn/  Working Draft @W3C @SocialWebWG  Editor's Draft https://linkedresearch.org/ldn/  Feedback
https://twitter.com/csarven/statuses/768450174645596160
(5 Retweets, 6 Likes)


8 August 2016
@riannella
@w3c I can remember using the first NCSA Mosaic web browser when every website in the world was listed under a single dropdown menu item #25
https://twitter.com/riannella/statuses/762456247689895936
(4 Retweets, 12 Likes)


25 August 2016
@BLR13
ICYMI-@w3c hosted a #Blockchain & the Web workshop. This lists the tech mature enough to move towards specification! http://bit.ly/2blOIVi 
https://twitter.com/BLR13/statuses/768911219965108225
(4 Retweets, 6 Likes)


11 August 2016
@fabien_gandon
http://bit.ly/2biA9la  doc film by Oscar-winning Jessica Yu connects the future of the web with its history @w3c
https://twitter.com/fabien_gandon/statuses/763644281710059520
(4 Retweets, 4 Likes)


24 August 2016
@sideshowbarker
If you’re attending @w3c TPAC in Lisbon but haven’t registered yet, please do at https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35125/TPAC2016/?login … before September 2
https://twitter.com/sideshowbarker/statuses/768364439271714816
(4 Retweets, 3 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*     The World Wide Web Turns 25 Today (Or Does It?)
23 August 2016
PC Magazine
by Tom Brant
http://www.pcmag.com/news/347260/the-world-wide-web-turns-25-today-or-does-it



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

*     Facebook's autoplaying audio could be a huge issue for users with disabilities
Daily Dot
by AJ Dellinger 
http://www.dailydot.com/debug/autoplaying-videos-with-sound-internet-accessibility-visually-impaired/




*     Non, je ne veux pas télécharger votre &@µ$# d’application !  (translation: "No, I do not want to download your $ # & @ μ application!”)
25 August 2016
https://framablog.org/2016/08/25/non-je-ne-veux-pas-telecharger-votre-µ-dapplication/



*     New SVG spec irons out overlaps with HTML, CSS
17 August 2016
by Paul Krill 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3108386/application-development/new-svg-spec-irons-out-overlaps-with-html-css.html



*     Intel and SK Telecom team up on WebRTC IoT devices
18 August 2016
by Cho Mu-Hyun 
http://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-and-sk-telecom-team-up-on-webrtc-iot-devices/



*     Five myths about the Web
19 August 2016
by Andrew L. Russell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-internet/2016/08/19/8d33ddf4-656f-11e6-8b27-bb8ba39497a2_story.html 

 

*     Daily API RoundUp: Pokémon Go Slack Integration, Basecamp 3, EdX, W3C Screen Orientation
19 August 2016
Programmable Web
by Joy Culbertson
http://www.programmableweb.com/news/daily-api-roundup-pokémon-go-slack-integration-basecamp-3-edx-w3c-screen-orientation/brief/2016/08/19

 
*     Website Accessibility: Why There’s Still Work to be Done on Government Portals
19 August 2015
Government Technology
by JULIA MCCANDLESS
http://www.govtech.com/internet/Website-Accessibility-Why-Theres-Still-Work-to-be-Done.html

 


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Received on Monday, 29 August 2016 16:05:22 UTC