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Smart cities and the Web of Things at the Media Web Symposium
Fraunhofer FOKUS are once again hosting the Media Web Symposium, which will be held in Berlin on 14-15 March 2013. The first day is devoted to workshops and the second to plenary sessions. The focus will be on connected TVs,...
- privacy
- services
- smart-cities
- tv
- wot
Good News about VP8 Licensing
I applaud the licensing agreement announced by Google, MPEG-LA, and additional patent-holders. The agreement appears to align with W3C's Patent Policy which has a goal of assuring that W3C Recommendations can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. Google has...
- ceo
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2013-03-04 - 2013-03-10
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By: Karl Dubost
This is our weekly Openweb Platform Summary from March 4, 2013 to March 10, 2013. You can read again the last week blog post. Your comments are helpful. [CSS] Printed Pages Margins When printing a Web page, the browser is...
- css
- html5
- webapps
Adding alpha channels or chroma keys to JPEG images
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By: Dave Raggett
The GIF image format supports transparency, whilst PNG supports translucency, but neither are particularly good for photos, which compress much better with JPEG. A work around is to use the HTML5 canvas 2D context. The chroma-key.js library automatically applies alpha...
- alpha-channel
- canvas
- chroma-key
- html
- html5
- jpeg
- transparency
Is it time for open standards for web payments?
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By: Dave Raggett
On native app stores, developers find it comparatively easy to bill users, either when they first install the app, or later with in-app billing for digital content. For web apps, developers are faced with a plethora of proprietary solutions often...
- mobile-web
- monetization
- web-applications
- web-payments
Closing the gap with native apps
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By: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux
What more W3C should be doing to make Web apps ever more compelling alternatives to native applications on mobile?
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2013-02-25 - 2013-03-03
This is our weekly Openweb Platform Summary from February 25 to March 3, 2013. You can read again the last week blog post. Your comments are helpful.
- html
- html5
- http
- webapps
Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2013-02-18 - 2013-02-24
HTTP2, CSS, Testing and a bit of Webapps: Another release of the weekly Openweb Platform Summary from February 19 to 25, 2013. Read, comment, participate.
- css
- html
- html5
- http
- indexeddb
- w3c
- webapps
I was Master of the Web... and you can be too!
It's this time again: the W3C is searching for its new Webmaster. So I thought I would share my experience as a former Webmaster. Let's start with some history, as the Webmaster position is an old one here at...
- job
- w3c
