This week at W3C: @web25 birthday, @w3c_webmob Mobile Roadmap, HTML for email CG, etc.

This is the 31 January - 7 February 2014 edition of a “weekly digest of W3C news and trends" that I prepare for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list (publicly archived). This digest aggregates information about W3C and W3C technology from online media —a snapshot of how W3C and its work is perceived in online media.

W3C and HTML5 buzz in Twitter

[What was tweeted frequently, or caught my attention. Most recent first (popularity is flagged with a figure —number of times the same URIs or tweet was quoted/RTed.)]

• (67) Korben: Retour sur le DRM dans HTML5 - Le point de vue de Robin du W3C (Back to DRM in HTML5 - The point of view of Robin of the W3C)
• (150) #web25: We (@w3c, @web25, @webfoundation, @webwewant) promoted that Tim Berners-Lee discussed yesterday the Wired UK March issue cover story “Web's 25th birthday in 2014, The Web is under threat”
• (28) Proposed Recommendation: WAI-ARIA 1.0
• (21) Last Call: CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3
• (154) Report: Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap, from the Web and Mobile Interest Group
• (45) Community Group: HTML for email Community Group

My pick, a couple tweets in the wake of Microsoft naming CEO Satya Nadella Monday:

• (38)html5: “No @satyanadella, you don’t have the best platform to change the world. We do. @w3c platform.html5.org” (A Twitter handle not operated by the W3C Comm Team)
  This is in response to a Microsoft video, Satya Nadella: His first interview as CEO of Microsoft (fast-forward to 4:28).
• (458)Satya Nadella: “HTML5 - what fun!” (A tweet from 7 June 2010)
  Nadella hadn’t tweeted between July 2010 and 5 February 2014. And between Feb 2009 and July 2010, he tweeted 25 times. He sent his first tweet as MS CEO on 5 Feb: “first commitment as CEO...i won't wait 4 years between tweets!”.

Net Neutrality & Open Web

• Wired UK: Tim Berners-Lee: we need to re-decentralise the web, 6 February 2014
• TechCrunch: Democrats Introduce Open Internet Preservation Act To Restore Net Neutrality, 3 February 2014
• The Verge: New bill would restore net neutrality pending FCC action, 3 February 2014

W3C in the Press (or blogs)

5 articles this week.

• Ars Technica (6 February), Tim Berners-Lee: We need to re-decentralize the Web
• Wired UK (6 February), Tim Berners-Lee: we need to re-decentralise the web
• InfoQ (4 February), JSON-LD Reaches W3C Recommendation Status
• InfoWorld (3 February), Forrester: HTML5 apps still not as good as native apps
• Telematics Update (30 January), Is HTML5 the silver bullet for automotive app development?