Strategy; WebAuthn; TBL at WWW2018; Payment Request; Accessibility; Net Neutrality; WebAssembly

This is the 2 -23 April 2018  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]


6 Apr 2018
@robinberjon
This is really cool: the @w3c is using an open GitHub board to share all that’s on its radar for upcoming work on the Web platform.
https://t.co/esp5QiOwti
https://twitter.com/robinberjon/status/982262330527399941
(44 Retweets, 82 Likes)


9 April 2018
@LeonieWatson
Log in with no password... #WebAuthN is a new standard from @W3C, already implemented in @Firefox, with @GoogleChrome and @MicrosoftEdge to follow https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6948https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/983655560938651648
(25 Retweets, 29 Likes)


11 April 2018
@TheWebConf
Thurs 26/04 join us after the keynote for an exciting panel chaired by @DameWendyDBE with panelists: @timberners_lee (@MIT_CSAIL, @w3c) @vgcerf (@Google) @VillaniCedric (@UniversiteLyon) @Ruhi_Sarikaya (@amazon) & Antoine Bordes (@Facebook)! More info: https://www2018.thewebconf.org/plenary-panels/ 
https://twitter.com/TheWebConf/status/984084869016932353
(21 Retweets, 28 Likes)

5 April 2018
@MatthewFoyle
Interested to hear if people out there are implementing @w3c Payment Request API for web checkout and the difference it has made? RT to distribute the question would be appreciated 
https://twitter.com/MatthewFoyle/status/982184189381361665
(21 Retweets, 10 Likes)

18 April 2018
@sabouzah
“we need to work together on the future of accessibility“ #Funka2018 #a11y #WoT #WebVR @w3c @w3c_wai
https://twitter.com/sabouzah/status/986567307056082944
(17 Retweets, 59 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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* At net neutrality panel, Tim Berners-Lee says open internet is 'a human right’
20 April 2018
Boston  Business Journal
by Paige Smith
https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/04/20/at-net-neutrality-panel-tim-berners-lee-says-open.html



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 ]


*  RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method
11 April 2018
The Guardian
by Samuel Gibbs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/11/passwords-webauthn-new-web-standard-designed-replace-login-method


*  Application publishing gets the WebAssembly treatment
10 April 2018
The Register
by  Simon Sharwood
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/10/droplet_computing_webassembly_application_publishing/


*  Web Accessibility: The effort at Capital One Bank
6 April 2018
SD Times
by Lisa Morgan
https://sdtimes.com/webdev/web-accessibility-effort-capital-one-bank/


*  Introducing the Payment Request API for Apple Pay
5 April 2018
WebKit
by Andy Estes
https://webkit.org/blog/8182/introducing-the-payment-request-api-for-apple-pay/

Received on Monday, 23 April 2018 18:36:53 UTC