Cannes blog: Deb Roy and the future of Twitter

Pollin8 founder Lauren Richards on the inspiring Cannes talk by the platform’s chief media scientist, and the TV-social media connection.

Cannes blog: Trends in this year’s Media Lions

From the blurring of tech, content and media to the use of stunts, the Canadian Media judge, Karen Nayler, goes over the top trends from entries in this year’s awards.

Cannes blog: Jack Black’s new Yahoo! series and setting creative goals for good

Karen Nayler takes in Monday’s talks in Cannes, which ranged from Jack Black’s web series to this year’s Cannes Chimera competition.

Cannes: Karen Nayler shares learnings from AOL research

The Mindshare CEO takes MiC to the Palais for her first day of sessions following her judging duties in round one of the Media category at the festival.

Banff: Media disruption brews

MediaCom’s Robin Hassan shares what she learned on how the digital shake-up is changing the business model for content producers and media players alike.

The CW’s new digital strategy: blog

Mindshare’s Lina Alles on the network’s new digital studio and its new slate of fall shows from the CW upfront.

ABC launches new viewing strategy: blog

Mindshare’s Lina Alles on the network’s new live-streaming platform and the one show that stuck out in yesterday’s upfront.

Wilson on ABC’s new shows: blog

The UM director of investment on ABC’s big bet from Joss Whedon and the funniest comedy she has seen yet this week.

Alles on NBC’s new season: blog

Mindshare’s Lina Alles’ top picks (Sean Saves the World, The Blacklist, Dracula) from the network’s fall upfront.

Wilson’s picks at Fox: blog

The UM director of investment says she likes the chances for Fox’s new Tuesday comedies as she takes in the new shows from the first day of presentations in NYC.

SXSW 2013: humanity trumps technology

From life lessons with Fred Armisen and Dave Grohl to business lessons with BuzzFeed, Critical Mass exec Matt Di Paola offers his look at the best of the fest.

SXSW 2013: Long live the experience

From Google’s talking shoes to all things Oreo, Starcom digital VP Robin Hassan gets MiC readers past the long lines in Austin to share details from this year’s festival.

Blog: Mobile World Congress moves from the handset to mobile computing

Juice Mobile’s CEO Neil Sweeney wraps up the week, saying Samsung leads the way with innovative launches in Barcelona.

Blog: Rollout of m-commerce platforms on a global scale

Details on MasterCard’s plans to expand its PayPass mobile wallet and Visa and Samsung’s global partnership, live from the Mobile World Congress.

Blog: The goods on Firefox’s new launch

Neil Sweeney, president and CEO at Juice Mobile is giving MiC readers the rundown of the top news from this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.