W3Cx; Payments WG; XML/XQuery/XSLT/XPath; ARIA 1.1; Net Neutrality; Internet in 1973; Predictions 2017; HTML5; WebRTC; FIDO 2.0

This is the 12-19 December 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]


13 December 2016
Building a website? Learn the basic building blocks of web design and style— #HTML5 and #CSS with @w3c:
https://twitter.com/edXOnline/statuses/808688268510461952
(40 Retweets, 58 Likes)


16 December 2015
@slightlylate
Easy, integrated payments on the web don't require proprietary warts. Congrats to the @w3c Payments WG, @adrianba, and @zachk!
https://twitter.com/slightlylate/statuses/809938952006180864
(16 Retweets, 45 Likes)


13 December 2016
@dret
if you're interested in #XML/#XQuery/#XSLT/#XPath: the 3.1 versions just went to @w3c CR status: https://www.w3.org/TR/tr-date-all 
https://twitter.com/dret/statuses/808701247427461120
(9 Retweets, 14 Likes)


11 December 2016
@stevefaulkner
ARIA 1.1 use with SVG 1.1, SVG2 & #HTML5 & <Hx> in <legend> now added to @W3C validator https://validator.w3.org/nu/ 
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/statuses/808212822320644096
(7 Retweets, 9 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  FCC Chief Tom Wheeler Steps Down: Is Net Neutrality in Jeopardy?
16 December 2016
Government Tech
by TODD SHIELDS,
http://www.govtech.com/people/FCC-Chief-Tom-Wheeler-Steps-Down-Is-Net-Neutrality-in-Jeopardy.html


*  What the internet looked like in 1973: Tiny map shows the ENTIRE network was made up of just 42 computers
15 December 2016
Daily Mail
by STACY LIBERATOR
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4038292/What-internet-looked-like-1973-Tiny-map-shows-ENTIRE-network-just-42-computers.html



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 ]

*  Web Development predictions for 2017
16 December 2016
Equimedia
by Tim Hooper
https://www.equimedia.co.uk/blog/web-development-predictions-for-2017/


*  Introducing HTML5
15 December 2016
Site Point
By Simon Mackie
https://www.sitepoint.com/introducing-html5/


*  Web Real Time Communication Market - Positive Long-Term Growth Outlook 
15 December 2016
Open PR
http://www.openpr.com/news/396737/Web-Real-Time-Communication-Market-Positive-Long-Term-Growth-Outlook-2016-2023.html


*  Advanced biometric authentication tech developed
14 December 2016
Korea Times
by Yoon Sung-won
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2016/12/133_220198.html

Received on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 01:36:16 UTC