WCAG2; Mobile Web Progress; WebRTC; WWW2017; Accessibility; WoT; Web Annotation

This is the 27 February - 6 March 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]


2 March 2017
@saucelabs
We've joined @w3c! Looking forward to collaborating to help ensure platform-independent quality of web apps: http://ow.ly/I9TA309saTb 
https://twitter.com/saucelabs/status/837409739357159424
(10 Retweets, 19 Likes)

28 February 2017
@LeonieWatson
The first Public Working Draft (FPWD) of @W3C #WCAG2.1 has been released https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/  #CSUNATC17
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/836650743352303616
(10 Retweets, 15 Likes)

1 March 2017
@torgo
Mobile Web Progress @MW_Centre kicking off w/ @w3c's @dontcallmeDOM about what's happening with mobile web standards & how to get involved.
https://twitter.com/torgo/status/836974668540219392
(5 Retweets, 5 Likes)

3 March 2017
@bdc
I just joined the @W3C CSS Working Group  @SlexAxton suggested I propose a `stripe-gradient()` spec as my first contribution, wish me luck!
https://twitter.com/bdc/status/837738511868510208
(4 Retweets, 113 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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5 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*   Flashphoner Releases WebRTC Encoder for YouTube Live and Other Streaming Services
4 March 2017
Broadway World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/Flashphoner-Releases-WebRTC-Encoder-for-YouTube-Live-and-Other-Streaming-Services-20170304


*   WWW2017 Festival of the WWWeb Perth 2017: Making technology work for you in 2017
2 March 2017
Business News
by Kim Heitman
https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Making-technology-work-for-you-in-the-21st-century


*   GLOBAL WEB STANDARDS CONSORTIUM MOVES TO UPDATE ACCESSIBILITY GUIDANCE
1 March 2017
Bloomberg BNA
by Alexis Kramer
https://www.bna.com/global-web-standards-b57982084638/


*   W3C Plans to Standardize the Web of Things
28 February 2017
News Break
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/W3C-Plans-to-Standardize-the-Web-of-Things-116613.asp


*   Le W3C publie des recommandations sur la normalisation des annotations Web
(translation: "W3C publishes recommendations on web annotation standardization”)
27 February 2017
by Michael Guilloux
https://www.developpez.com/actu/119760/Le-W3C-publie-des-recommandations-sur-la-normalisation-des-annotations-Web-quelles-repercussions-sur-le-Web-actuel/



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amy@w3.org

Received on Monday, 6 March 2017 22:48:26 UTC