Emojis have gone mainstream and it’s time for brands to get involved

Brand communication could benefit from inventive use of our ‘fastest growing language’

Get your branding right and reap the financial rewards

New research shows why putting branding at the centre of your business operations pays financial dividends

Is all publicity good publicity?

Protein World has demonstrated that controversial adverts can get people talking about your business. But can they also damage your brand?

Facebook steps up competition with YouTube with ad-supported videos

Social network already has 4bn views a day of its native clips, but helping their creators to make money is its next ambition

Great ads should be awarded, but the methodology used at Cannes is flawed

Awards play a vital role in the advertising industry, but the categories used at Cannes Lions belong to the 70s. Here’s how we can fix it

Less than half of UK adults are aware ads fund free content online

YouGov survey will concern newspapers, social networks and music streaming sites that are seeing consumers turn to ad-blocking software

Five tips on weaving a compelling brand narrative

Successful brands must consider how to make their story stand out at every opportunity – so how does this translate in a digital world?

Cannes Lions: will advertising ever again be about the people it serves?

The winners of this year’s festival highlight that advertising, in its rush to prove that it is pro-technology, has become anti-people

Sir Martin Sorrell: traditional media too ‘stuffy’ for young digital readers

WPP founder contrasts the style of Vice News with sites such as the BBC, the New York Times and the Guardian

Where is the Taylor Swift of news to force tech companies to pay up?

Debate about the value of news was everywhere at Cannes Lions - as Snapchat became festival darling among the celebrities

Blocking out ads is bad news for free online sites

With one click, viewers can delete irritating commercials - and a whole emerging model of internet financing self-destructs

Think it’s cool Facebook can auto-tag you in pics? So does the government

Our own government, as well as police and intelligence agencies around the world, will likely mine facial recognition data or create their own databases

Cannes Lions Innovation 2015 – as it happened

Updates, news and insights from day one of the Cannes Lions Innovation festival

A walk down the high street of the future

Augmented reality, beacons and VR assistants may all shape how our high streets look in 2025

Google executive dies in traffic accident at Cannes Lions festival

Employee understood to be member of company’s UK team