XMLQuery; LDN; WebFestPerth; Web Payments WG; US Privacy Rules; Jeff Jaffe on W3C; Netflix on Linux; WoT; Privacy at W3C

 This is the 13-27 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/ <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]


21 March 2017
@XQuery
Congratulations to the @w3c XML Query Working Group on the release of XQuery 3.1 and related specs! Thank you!!! https://twitter.com/michaelhkay/status/844137244453736449 <https://twitter.com/michaelhkay/status/844137244453736449> …
https://twitter.com/XQuery/status/844201559584071680 <https://twitter.com/XQuery/status/844201559584071680>
(20 Retweets, 24 Likes)


21 March 2017
@csarven
https://www.w3.org/TR/ldn/ <https://www.w3.org/TR/ldn/>  reached @W3C Proposed Recommendation w @SocialWebWG  Implementations https://linkedresearch.org/ldn/tests/summary <https://linkedresearch.org/ldn/tests/summary> … Add yours #LinkedData
https://twitter.com/csarven/status/844230729630453764 <https://twitter.com/csarven/status/844230729630453764>
(18 Retweets, 20 Likes)


14 March 2017
@johnallsopp
As part of the @WebFestPerth the @w3c are running some fun contests, letting you showcase you web dev skills https://www.w3.org/2017/WWW26/contests.html <https://www.w3.org/2017/WWW26/contests.html> …
https://twitter.com/johnallsopp/status/841862064595427332 <https://twitter.com/johnallsopp/status/841862064595427332>
(9 Retweets, 6 Likes)


21 March 2017
@philarcher1
Thank you Platform Linked Data Nederland! #linkeddata /cc @w3c @LocationPowers
https://twitter.com/philarcher1/status/844488319601987585 <https://twitter.com/philarcher1/status/844488319601987585>
(6 Retweets, 23 Likes)


23 March 2017
@andrelyver
Great progress being made by this @W3C Web Payments Working Group. It's going to be huuuuge.
https://twitter.com/andrelyver/status/845109855887142913 <https://twitter.com/andrelyver/status/845109855887142913>
(4 Retweets, 9 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*    US Senate votes to dismantle broadband privacy rules
24 March 2017
Telecom Paper
https://www.telecompaper.com/news/us-senate-votes-to-dismantle-broadband-privacy-rules--1189315 <https://www.telecompaper.com/news/us-senate-votes-to-dismantle-broadband-privacy-rules--1189315>



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 <http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles> ]

*   Episode #59: Interview with Jeff Jaffe, CEO @ W3C
27 March 2017
Global Tech Box
by  Cédric Bollag
http://globaltechbox.com/2017/03/27/episode-59-interview-with-jeff-jaffe-ceo-w3c/ <http://globaltechbox.com/2017/03/27/episode-59-interview-with-jeff-jaffe-ceo-w3c/>



*   Netflix continues HTML5 rollouts
23 March 2017
Digital TV Europe
http://www.digitaltveurope.net/676892/netflix-continues-html5-rollouts/ <http://www.digitaltveurope.net/676892/netflix-continues-html5-rollouts/>



*  W3C Web of Things Working Group Begins Work
22 March 2017
InfoQ 
by Benjamin Young
https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/03/w3c-web-of-things <https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/03/w3c-web-of-things>



*   Battery Status Not Included: Assessing Privacy in W3C Web Standards
21 March 2017
Security, Privacy & Tech Inquiries
by Lukasz Olejnik
https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/battery-status-not-included-assessing-privacy-in-w3c-web-standards/ <https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/battery-status-not-included-assessing-privacy-in-w3c-web-standards/>



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