WebSub; Leonie Watson; a11y; ActivityStreams 2.0; Net Neutrality US and Canada; Web RTC; EME in HTML5

This is the 10-24 April  2017 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]

11 April 2017
@sandhawke
WebSub, the http Pub/Sub protocol formerly known as PubSubHubbub (PuSH) finally makes it to @W3C Candidate Rec! https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/ 
https://twitter.com/sandhawke/status/851799399172800514
(50 Retweets, 71  Likes)

20 April 2017
@devitconf
Τhrilled to announce our keynote speaker @LeonieWatson, accessibility engineer & @w3c WebPlat WG co-chair! http://devitconf.org/speakers/2017/leonie_watson/ … #a11y
https://twitter.com/devitconf/status/855023535114395648
(28 Retweets, 59 Likes)

21 April 2017
@NFB_voice
Accessible websites are good for all users. @w3c has some great information about the benefits of #a11y http://bit.ly/2otNoT0 
https://twitter.com/NFB_voice/status/855462389239742465
(11 Retweets, 5 Likes)
 
13 April 2017
@evanpro
We published #activitystreams 2.0 as a proposed recommendation today! https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/PR-activitystreams-core-20170413/ … #as2 #highfive  /cc @w3c @jasnell
https://twitter.com/evanpro/status/852687906242220033
(6 Retweets, 11 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*    As US prepares to gut net neutrality rules, Canada strengthens them
21 April 2017
Ars Technica
by JON BRODKIN 
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/as-us-prepares-to-gut-net-neutrality-rules-canada-strengthens-them/


*    Daily Report: F.C.C. Boss Wants to Listen to Tech After All
21 April 2017
New York Times
by  JIM KERSTETTER 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/technology/daily-report-fcc-boss-wants-to-listen-to-tech-after-all.html?_r=0



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

*  Emergence of 4G LTE Networks Revolutionizing Global WebRTC Market
18 April 2017
Edition Truth
http://www.editiontruth.com/webrtc-market/


*  Incorporation of EME into HTML5 standard will keep the World Wide Web relevant
17  April 2017
IP Watchdog
by Steve Brachmann 
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/04/17/eme-html5-world-wide-web-relevant/id=81770/


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amy@w3.org

Received on Monday, 24 April 2017 18:43:57 UTC