W3C and MDN; W3Cx; Semantic Sensor Network; WebVR; W3C Dev meetup; CSS; Tim Berners-Lee and Web Payments; WAI

This is the 9-23 October 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]

16 October 2017
@MozDevNet
We're excited to bring together @Microsoft, @Google, @w3c and @Samsung to create the best cross-browser docs:
https://t.co/FGIRQQfRhs
https://twitter.com/MozDevNet/status/920660207499337729
(342 Retweets, 463 Likes)

8 October 2017
@thew3cx
New @w3c #MOOC sessions of #JavaScript and #HTML5 Apps&Games. Self-paced mode w/ @micbuffa's support! Register https://w3cx.org/ 
https://twitter.com/thew3cx/status/917346461326733312
(34 Retweets, 33 Likes)

19 October 2017
@philarcher1
Wow. Semantic Sensor Network is a @W3C Rec AND an @opengeospatial standard! https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-ssn/  Congrats all round - it was tough.
https://twitter.com/philarcher1/status/920972455975546881
(18 Retweets, 21 Likes)

18 October 2017
@robbie_jaeger
Very cool to see a @w3c spec referring to a developer using a female pronoun "she". https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/#icons-memberhttps://twitter.com/robbie_jaeger/status/920692080548118529
(14 Retweets, 29 Likes)

18 October 2017
@thomasbalou
European #WebVR folks! Here's your chance to participate in the @w3c #WebVR standardisation history, don't miss out! https://w3c.github.io/webvr-content-workshop/https://twitter.com/thomasbalou/status/920911173545062400
(13 Retweets, 18 Likes)

13 October 2017
@nucliweb
CSS Houdini CSS Properties and Values API  https://drafts.css-houdini.org/css-properties-values-api/ … on @w3c #CSS #cssHoudini #Frontend
https://twitter.com/nucliweb/status/919112537811103744
(12 Retweets, 22 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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6 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]

*   Developers rejoice: Microsoft, Google, Mozilla are putting all their web API docs in one place
19 October 2017
ZDNet
by Liam Tung 
http://www.zdnet.com/article/developers-rejoice-microsoft-google-mozilla-are-putting-all-their-web-api-docs-in-one-place/


*   Sibos 2017: Tim Berners-Lee pitches W3C payments APIs
17 October 2017
FinExtra
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31211/sibos-2017-tim-berners-lee-pitches-w3c-payments-apis


*   A Short Introduction to CSS Grid Layout for Ecommerce Sites
13 October 2017
Practical ECommerce
by Armando Roggio 
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/a-short-introduction-to-css-grid-layout-for-ecommerce-sites


*   Biometrics and blockchains: Why identity matters [part 2]
9 October 2017
CSO
by John Callahan
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3231210/biometrics/biometrics-and-blockchains-why-identity-matters-part-2.html


*   Browsers Will Store Credit Card Details Similar to How They Save Passwords
6 October 2017
Bleeping Computer
by Catalin Cimpanu
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/browsers-will-store-credit-card-details-similar-to-how-they-save-passwords/


*   Improve User Experience and Address Accessibility with Digital Quality Management
4 October 2017
CMS Wire
by Crownpeak 
https://www.cmswire.com/digital-experience/improve-user-experience-and-address-accessibility-with-digital-quality-management/

Received on Monday, 23 October 2017 17:43:46 UTC