Weekly digest of W3C news and trends

This is the 28 September - 05 October 2012 edition of a "Weekly digest of  
W3C news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C  
Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived [1]) and  
sends separately. This digest aggregates information about W3C from online  
media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is apprehended as viewed from  
online media.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/


Notable activity last week includes:
  - more than 10 press articles about Do Not Track,
  - a net increase of 390 Twitter followers,
  - 27 posts that dlvr.it posted to StatusNet, Twitter and Facebook between  
Sep 25 and Oct 2 got 34K clicks, delivered to 53.5K connections.

Below is the compilation of what I harvested monitoring the  
(micro)blogosphere and press.



W3C-related Twitter buzz
------------------------
[Things that were tweeted frequently, things that caught my attention, etc.
  Most *recent* first (popularity is flagged with the figure between  
parenthesis —that is the number of times the same URIs or tweet was  
quoted/RTed.]

* (17) Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012OctDec/0003.html>

* Do Not Track
(87) NYT: No consensus reach on #donnottrack at W3C
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/technology/privacy-advocates-and-advertisers-at-odds-over-web-tracking.html>
(42) Adweek: Advertisers to FTC: We're Not Going Back on 'Do Not Track'  
DAA says its giving consumers choice now
<http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/advertisers-ftc-were-not-going-back-do-not-track-144144>
(51) The Herald: DAA Issues Open Letter to W3C
<http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/02/4308712/daa-issues-open-letter-to-w3c.html>
(23) Mediapost: W3C Says Consensus About Do-Not-Track Might Not Come Any  
Time Soon
<http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/184404/w3c-says-consensus-about-do-not-track-might-not-co.html>
(15) Thomas Roessler’s blog post: DNT is Good For the Whole Web
<http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/10/dnt_is_good_for_the_whole_web.html>
(27) Mediapost: ANA Asks Microsoft To Retreat From Do-Not-Track Stance
<http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/184254/ana-asks-microsoft-to-retreat-from-do-not-track-st.html>
(38) Adweek: Advertisers to Microsoft: Reverse Course on Do Not Track  
Browser
<http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/advertisers-microsoft-reverse-course-do-not-track-browser-144109>

* HTML5 Plan 2014
(62) [in French] LMI: Le HTML5 bientôt finalisé par le W3C
<http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-le-html5-bientot-finalise-par-le-w3c-50677.html>

* System Applications Working Group
(34) [in German] Golem.de: W3C: Web-Apps sollen mit nativen Apps  
gleichziehen
<http://www.golem.de/news/w3c-web-apps-sollen-mit-nativen-apps-gleichziehen-1210-94873.html>

* (17) Robin Berjon’s blog post: Test The Web Forward
<http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/10/test_the_web_forward.html>

* (105) The Web Performance Working Group is currently looking for use  
cases and ideas for its third chartered period
<https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/webperf2012/>


W3C in the Press (or some blogs)
--------------------------------

Below is a selection of articles, of which the highlight is:
  * Do Not Track (10 articles)


[Most recent first.
  Full list of W3C Press clippings: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


    Opera 12.10 beta embraces high-res Retina displays
    Geek.com (5 October)
    http://www.geek.com/articles/news/opera-12-10-beta-embraces-high-res-retina-displays-2012104/


    Rockefeller Blasts Ad Industry's Privacy Principles
    MediaPost Daily Online Examiner (4 October)
    http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/184456/rockefeller-blasts-ad-industrys-privacy-principle.html


    Facebook official: HTML5 backers need to step up mobile efforts
    Computerworld (4 October)
    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232067/Facebook_official_HTML5_backers_need_to_step_up_mobile_efforts


    Erster Entwurf Was ist Do Not Track? (First draft of What is Do Not  
Track?)
    Golem.de (3 October)
    http://www.golem.de/news/erster-entwurf-was-ist-do-not-track-1210-94888.html


    Web-Apps sollen mit nativen Apps gleichziehen (Web apps will catch up  
with native apps)
    Golem.de (2 October)
    http://www.golem.de/news/w3c-web-apps-sollen-mit-nativen-apps-gleichziehen-1210-94873.html


    Mobile computing wars pose tough choices for Internet publishers
    Reuters (2 October)
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/us-mobile-computing-apps-idUSBRE89105F20121002


    W3C Outlines Plan to Finalize HTML5
    CIO (1 October)
    http://www.cio.com/article/717648/W3C_Outlines_Plan_to_Finalize_HTML5


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   Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Communications Team  -  http://www.w3.org
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