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==== W3C ==== | ==== W3C ==== | ||
* The W3C HTML working group [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Feb/0122.html announced that they would publish a first public working draft of the Encrypted Media Extensions] document, a proposal by Google and Netflix for browsers to support Digital Rights Management of various content types (e.g. video) | * The W3C HTML working group [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Feb/0122.html announced that they would publish a first public working draft of the Encrypted Media Extensions] document, a proposal by Google and Netflix for browsers to support Digital Rights Management of various content types (e.g. video) | ||
=== Mobile === | |||
* Opera has a 1.75% share of overall Web traffic as counted by Net Applications and 9.8% on mobile through Opera Mini. StatsCounter puts Opera's share of mobile browsing at 15.3%. The Norwegian company announced that it had reached 300 million users. 229 million of them are on mobile and most of them use Opera Mini, with only 21 million on Opera Mobile. Geographic coverage is concentrated in the emerging and developing regions of Latin America, Asia and Africa, with a presence also in Eastern and Central Europe. | |||
* The first Ubuntu phone might be coming in October. The company is primarily targeting the business environment with the devices, as a way of leveraging the existing large base of Ubuntu environments. The main concern with this approach is the rising trend in the developed markets for business users to choose their own devices, which adds requirements in terms of consumer appeal. | |||
* Skype introduced the ability of calling emergency numbers via the phone app. Requests are re-directed to the native Dialer tool. | |||
* Windows Phone is introducing carrier exclusive features. The ability to not download pictures in IE on Windows Phone and one that reports data consumption and compresses traffic have been made available only to Verizon customers. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||