W3Cx half million students; WCAG2.1; W3C Publishing Summit; HTML5; Web Payments; Progressive Web Apps

This is the 14 - 21 August 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]


13 August 2017
@thew3cx
We've just hit the half million students mark! #500k #happy Our five @w3c courses #HTML5 #CSS #javascript #MOOCs are on @edXOnline
https://twitter.com/thew3cx/status/896970415129722880
(23 Retweets, 36 Likes)

16 August 2017
@GAffinito
Il 16/08 il @w3c ha pubblicato il working draft delle #WCAG21, le Linee guida per l'#accessibilità dei contenuti Web https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ 
(translation: "The 16/08 on the working draft #WCAG21, #w3c published the guidelines for Web content https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ @ttps://t.co/o6z2rxoSWD”)
(4 Retweets, 5 Likes)

18 August 2017
@vitalsource
Program for W3C Publishing Summit announced and it includes our @rickj http://hubs.ly/H08pwmd0  by @W3C
https://twitter.com/vitalsource/status/898606614105608192
(3 Retweets, 3 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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4 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


*    TECHNOBABBLE: With Flash ending, it's time to uninstall it from your browser
19 August 2017
Hutchinson Leader
by Doug Hanneman
http://www.crowrivermedia.com/hutchinsonleader/news/lifestyle/technobabble-with-flash-ending-it-s-time-to-uninstall-it/article_bf83014b-6462-5ee3-8ead-ec5b69148da6.html


*    W3C Publishing Summit event docket announced
18 August 2017
App Developer Magazine
by CHRISTIAN HARGRAVE
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/5462/2017/8/18/W3C-Publishing-Summit-event-docket-announced/


*    Google Chrome 61 Beta Includes Web Share, WebUSB, Payment Request APIs
18 August 2017
Programmable Web
by Wendell Santos
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/google-chrome-61-beta-includes-web-share-webusb-payment-request-apis/brief/2017/08/18


*    Microsoft Adding Support for Progressive Web Apps in Windows 10
16 August 2017
Petri
by  Russell Smith 
https://www.petri.com/microsoft-adding-support-progressive-web-apps-windows-10

Received on Monday, 21 August 2017 20:55:41 UTC