This is the 18-25 October 2013 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. You may tweet your demos and cool dev/design stuff to @koalie, or write me e-mail. If you have suggestions for improvement, please leave a comment.

W3C and HTML5 related Twitter buzz

[What was tweeted frequently, what caught my attention.

Most recent first (popularity is flagged with a figure —number of times the same URIs or tweet was quoted/RTed.]

• (8) Last Call: Revisions to Chapter 7 (Technical Report Development Process) of the W3C Process Document in Last Call until 27 November
• W3C Specs:
  • (38) Geolocation API Specification is now a W3C recommendation
  • (24) CSS Writing Modes Level 3 updated Working Draft
  • (8) Last Call: Custom Elements
• (80) conferenciaweb.w3c.br: Concurso Web’s Got Talent do W3C premia tecnologias abertas, and W3C Brasil tweet.
• (31) MS Open Tech: MS Open Tech publishes first implementation of W3C ORTC to simplify Web-Based Real-Time Communications, and
• MS Open Tech: Pointer Events interoperability public demo of Firefox build integrating MS Open Tech’s contribution
• (90) Pando Daily: China’s betting big on HTML5 mobile apps. Will the US be next?
• (150+) Brendan Eich: The Bridge of Khazad-DRM
• (45) Netflix Tech Blog: HTML5 Video Playback UI
• (17) Web Platform Docs: Web Platform Docs celebrates a great first year

W3C in the Press (or blogs)

17 articles this week. A selection follows. Highlight:

• DRM / EME (11 articles, in English, French, German)

[Most recent first. Find keywords and more on our Press clippings]

• CMS Wire (24 October), Discussion Point: Encrypted Media Extensions in the HTML Standard
• The Register (24 October), Mozilla CTO blasts WC3 plans to bless anti-piracy DRM tech in HTML5
• Computer World UK | Open Enterprise (23 October), Is Mozilla on the Bridge of Khazad – or on the Fence?
• CNET Australia (23 October), DRM likely in future versions of HTML
• GulfNews.com (22 October), Whistleblowers needed to check excesses by governments and corporations, says Berners-Lee
• Brendan Eich Blog (22 October), The Bridge of Khazad-DRM
• PandoDaily (22 October), China’s betting big on HTML5 mobile apps. Will the US be next?
• Examiner.com (18 October), Why DRM in HTML5 is wrong