Text Layout for Arabic Script; TimBL at WWW2018; Accessibility; Jeff Jaffe at mEnabling Summit; 10p Web coins; WebRTC; HTML5 apps; WebAssembly;

This is the 19 February - 5 March 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 February 2018
@webi18n
Text Layout Requirements for the Arabic Script just published as First Public Working Draft. https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/WD-alreq-20180222/ … Still plenty to do! Looking for comments and contributors. https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues … (Or help with other languages: http://w3c.github.io/typography/gap-analysis/language-matrix.html …)
https://twitter.com/webi18n/status/966654589574549504
(56 Retweets, 77 Likes)


28 February 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, @InHenriPoincare), @Ruhi_Sarikaya (@amazon) & Antoine Bordes (@Facebook)! More info soon…
https://twitter.com/TheWebConf/status/968832606736388099
(22 Retweets, 39 Likes )

20 February 2018
@OutSystems
A6: Start with the Four Principles of #Accessibility:   Perceivable  Operable  Understandable  Robust From @W3C: https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head … #AXSChat
https://twitter.com/OutSystems/status/966053089328246789
(8 Retweets, 4 Likes)

21 February 2018
@mEnablingSummit
We are thrilled to announce that @jeff_jaffe, CEO of @w3c, will be delivering the opening keynote address at #mEnabling18 this June https://goo.gl/wQGDjG 
https://twitter.com/mEnablingSummit/status/966323104229265408
(7 Retweets, 14 Likes)



2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  New 10p coin collection celebrates queuing, cricket, tea and other 'quintessentially British' things
1 March 2018
Telegraph
by Sara Spary 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/01/queuing-cricket-tea-quintessentially-british-things-celebrated/


*  The FCC's net-neutrality protections are about to disappear — but supporters are moving on multiple fronts to put them back in place
3 March 2018 
SF Gate
by Rachel Sandler
https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-FCC-s-net-neutrality-protections-are-about-to-12725181.php



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 ]

*  WebRTC: Is this Finally the Year?
27 February 2018
NoJitter
by Irwin Lazar
https://www.nojitter.com/post/240173323/webrtc-is-this-finally-the-year


*  What is an HTML5 app and do I want one?
27 February 2018
Android Central
by JERRY HILDENBRAND
https://www.androidcentral.com/what-html5-app-and-do-i-want-them


*  W3C WebAssembly Working Group Publishes Three First Public Working Drafts
21 February 2018
Programmable Web
by Patricio Robles
https://www.programmableweb.com/news/w3c-webassembly-working-group-publishes-three-first-public-working-drafts/brief/2018/02/21


*  ADA Compliance ADA Compliance : un site e-commerce accessible à tous, une obligation légale aux Etats-Unis
("ADA Compliance: an e-commerce site accessible to all, a legal obligation in the United States”)
20 February 2018
ECommerce
http://www.ecommercemag.fr/Thematique/indicateurs-1010/breve/ada-compliance-un-site-e-commerce-accessible-a-tous-une-obligation-legale-aux-etats-unis-328187.htm

Received on Monday, 5 March 2018 20:32:40 UTC