This week: Web Cryptography API, W3C role in standardizing the Open Web Platform, etc.

This is the 21-28 March 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 related Twitter trends

[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.)]

• (56) Last Call: Web Cryptography API
• (53) Web25 Blog: The role of the W3C in standardizing the Open Web Platform, by Jeff Jaffe
• (932) #w3cpayment: W3C Workshop on Web Payments, 24-25 March 2014
• (130) Christian Heilmann: Do HTML5 apps have to be online all the time?

Net Neutrality & Open Web

• Techdirt: Brazil's 'Marco Civil' Internet Civil Rights Law Finally Passes, With Key Protections Largely Intact, 27 March 2014
• Gigaom: AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega thinks Netflix, not customers, should pay for capacity upgrades, 25 March 2014
• Mozilla Hacks: Better integration for open web apps on Android, 20 March 2014

W3C in the Press (or blogs)

6 articles this week. A selection follows. Read more and find keywords on our Press clippings.

• InfoWorld (24 March), Half full or half empty? HTML5's mixed outlook
• IT World (24 March), The W3C makes Accessible Rich Internet Applications a web standard
• CNBC (22 March), Should anyone worry about the US ceding control of the Internet?