This is the 11-18 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.]

• (700) Smashing Magazine: Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code
• (70) W3C Validator Suite:
  • W3C Tweet: “We launched Validator Suite™ which checks an entire Web site. Our free validators remain free, and will stay so.”
  • W3C Blog: W3C introduces new plan and pricing for Validator Suite
• (4K) HTML5: Super Mario implemented in HTML5
• (170) Amelia Andersdotter: DRM/EME in HTML5 – an American thing
• (90) W3C News: Touch Events is a W3C Recommendation
• (120) Simon St. Laurent: What Do We Get for That DRM?
• (410) TechCrunch: ICANN, W3C Call For End Of US Internet Ascendancy Following NSA Revelations
• (700) FayerWayer: ICANN, W3C, Internet Society y más rompen con EE.UU. y se alían a Brasil (ICANN, W3C, the Internet Society and U.S. break up and join forces with Brazil)

W3C in the Press (or blogs)

22 articles this week. A selection follows. Highlights:

• Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation (12 articles, in English, French, Spanish, German)
• DNT / Tracking Protection Working Group (5 articles, in English, French, German)
• DRM / EME (3 articles)

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

• Smashing Magazine (17 October), Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code
• Techdirt (16 October), DRM In HTML5: What Is Tim Berners-Lee Thinking?
• Computer World UK (14 October),  Tim Berners-Lee on Why HTML5 “Needs” DRM
• Engadget (12 October), Internet infrastructure groups push for more independence from US monitoring
• Wired (12 October), The US is losing control of the internet
• Washington Post (11 October), The Internet’s best hope for a Do Not Track standard is falling apart. Here’s why.
• Internet Governance Project Blog (11 October), The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government
• MediaPost Daily Online Examiner (10 October), Tim Berners-Lee To Decide Fate Of W3C Privacy Group
• CNET (10 October), Super Mario fully playable online using HTML5
• NetworkWorld (4 October), Critics slam World Wide Web Consortium over inclusion of DRM in HTML5