Weekly digest of W3C news and trends

This is the 23-30 November 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])  
[sent separately]. This digest aggregates information about W3C from  
online media, a snapshot of how W3C and its work is apprehended in online  
media.

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


Notably this week:

- 1600 stories about W3C on Twitter in 7 days.
- 3000 mentions of W3C in 7 days with peaks on 27 and 28 November (550 +  
700 mentions) that match 1) objection to Microdata CR, and 2) appointment  
of Peter Swire as co-chair of the Tracking Protection WG.
- reached 50K Twitter followers threshold.
- net increase of 436 Twitter followers in 7 days.
- 8 posts that dlvr.it posted to StatusNet, Twitter and Facebook between  
Nov 19-26 got 32K clicks (+28%), delivered to 57.7K 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.]


* (31) Adrian Roselli: New Main Element Approved, then Blocked
<http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2012/11/new-main-element-approved-then-blocked.html>

* Peter Swire appointed co-Chair of Tracking Protection WG:
(61) Webmonkey: New W3C Co-Chair Steps Into the 'Do Not Track' Fray
<http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/11/new-w3c-co-chair-steps-into-do-not-track-fray/>
(125) CNET: Privacy prof to try to break Do Not Track logjam
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57555535-38/privacy-prof-to-try-to-break-do-not-track-logjam/>
(55) Digits: Professor to Try to Salvage Troubled “Do Not Track” Deal
<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/11/27/professor-to-try-to-salvage-troubled-do-not-track-deal/>
(3) Aleecia’s e-mail: Moving forward
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tracking/2012Nov/0322.html>

* W3Conf 2013 announced: 21-22 February 2013, SFO.
<http://www.w3.org/conf/>

* (43) IEBlog: W3C Web Performance: Continuing Performance Investments
<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/11/27/w3c-web-performance-continuing-performance-investments.aspx>

* (25) Finding your WAI to New Web Accessibility Resources
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/yourWAI>
Note: Not a new document, this page was last updated in Nov. 2011, but  
received attention this week.

* (60) Manu Sporny’s Blog: Objection to Microdata Candidate Recommendation
<http://manu.sporny.org/2012/microdata-cr/>



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

Of the 21 articles that I added to our Press Clippings page, the  
highlights are:
  * DNT / Peter Swire  (11 articles)
  * Firefox 18 Beta (4 articles)

Below is a selection of articles.

[Most recent first.
  title, source (date), link.
  Find keywords and the full list of articles on our Press clippings page:
  http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]


    W3C Web Performance: Continuing Performance Investments
    IEBlog (28 November)
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/11/27/w3c-web-performance-continuing-performance-investments.aspx


    BII REPORT: How Hybrid Apps Are Accelerating HTML5 Adoption
    Business Insider (28 November)
    http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-how-hybrid-apps-are-accelerating-html5-adoption-2012-11


    Firefox 18 Beta Adds Retina Support For Mac And Speed Improvements  
[Updates]
    Business Insider (28 November)
    http://www.businessinsider.com/firefox-18-beta-adds-retina-support-for-mac-and-speed-improvements-updates-2012-11


    Should Microdata Become a W3C Standard?
    semanticweb.com (28 November)
    http://semanticweb.com/should-microdata-become-a-w3c-standard_b33644


    New W3C Co-Chair Steps Into the ‘Do Not Track’ Fray
    Webmonkey | Wired.com (28 November)
    http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/11/new-w3c-co-chair-steps-into-do-not-track-fray/


    Privacy professor to try to break Do Not Track logjam
    CNET (27 November)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57555535-38/privacy-professor-to-try-to-break-do-not-track-logjam/


    Firefox Beta Now Features New IonMonkey JavaScript Compiler, Built-In  
PDF Viewer, Retina and Touch Support
    TechCrunch (26 November)
    http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/26/firefox-beta-now-features-new-ionmonkey-javascript-compiler-built-in-pdf-viewer-retina-and-touch-support/


    Unlike Facebook, Famo.us thinks HTML5 rocks. Here is why.
    Gigaom (25 November)
    http://gigaom.com/2012/11/25/famous/


    Why HTML5 provided more tricks than treats in 2012
    VentureBeat (24 November)
    http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/24/html5-more-tricks-treats-2012/


    UKtech50 2012 - The most influential people in UK IT
    Computer Weekly (22 November)
    http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240172149/UKtech50-2012-The-most-influential-people-in-UK-IT




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