CSS Container Queries; Payment Request API; Invited Experts; WAI; Mary Lee Berners-Lee; Keyboard Lock API; WebVR; Web Security

This is the 22-29 January 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]


22 January 2018
@t🌈 Retweeted Carlos Araya
You (web devs / designers) asked for it: #CSS Container Queries effort has been restarted in the @W3C #WICG! https://github.com/WICG/cq-usecases … Join and contribute! Let’s see how much we can move this foward in 2018. Thanks https://twitter.com/elrond25/status/941743760773283840 … and @marcosc! (ttk.me t4sZ1)
https://twitter.com/t/status/955560233144905733
(142 Retweets, 287 Likes)


21 January 2018
@ahopebailie
@Microsoft demonstrates how to use the new PaymentRequest API (a @w3c standard, soon available in all major browsers) in this awesome little video:
https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/955381835411939328
(106 Retweets, 174 Likes)


24 January 2018
@tobie
I’ve urged @W3C to setup a fund to help invited experts, etc. for years without success. If you want true diversity of backgrounds, and not just large corporate players, you actually need to put money where your mouth is and invest in it.
https://twitter.com/tobie/status/956477607310254080
(63 Retweets, 128 Likes)

31 January 2018
@sabouzah
Want to be among the first to implement WCAG 2.1? Or be among the first to test implementations of WCAG 2.1? Sign up, it's high time to get started with the next generation standard! #WCAG #WCAG21 #a11y @w3c_wai @w3c
https://twitter.com/sabouzah/status/959005097375293440
(26 Retweets,19 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  Mary Lee Berners-Lee obituary
23 January 2018
The Guardian
by Georgina Ferry
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/23/mary-lee-berners-lee-obituary



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 ]

*  Chrome 66 for Desktop will Introduce the Keyboard Lock API for More Immersive Full-Screen Games and Websites
2 February 2018
XDA Developers
by Doug Lynch
http://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/article_478d4360-070f-11e8-908a-375ce9f7141e.html



*  WebVR is becoming WebXR to make a simple, unified framework for all devices
1 February 2018
Venture Beat
by AMIR-ESMAEIL BOZORGZADEH
https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/01/webvr-is-becoming-webxr-to-make-a-simple-unified-framework-for-all-devices/


*  Yale to ensure universal website accessibility
31 January 2018
Yales News
by ADELAIDE FEIBEL
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/01/31/yale-to-ensure-universal-website-accessibility/


*  If browsers are the new operating systems, why don't they have the security to match?
23 January 2018
ZDNet 
by Mary Branscombe 
http://www.zdnet.com/article/if-browsers-are-the-new-operating-systems-why-dont-they-have-the-security-to-match/

Received on Monday, 5 February 2018 20:52:40 UTC