Here is a look at some standout brand-building and communications stories that caught our attention this week.

Ideas Shaping Strategy, Creativity & Innovation

• Cannes 2011: The Three C’s of Modern Creativity – Community, Crowdsourcing & Co-Creation
• Most VCs Are Investing All Wrong (try to solve hard scientific or engineering problems)
• The Trouble with Context
• Top 10 Ways CEOs Must Change to Lead in the Social Business Marketplace
• Collaborative Production, Consumption or Destruction?
• Invest In Your Customers By Making the Product Awesome
• Nurture Your Customer Experience Ecosystem
• 10 Beautiful Social Media Data Visualizations
• 5 Proven Twitter Marketing Strategies
• Why Women Will Drive the Future of the Internet
• Social Media as a Communication Lifeline During Crisis

Innovative, Inspiring Ideas: New Products, Projects & Services

• The 7 Stages of Cannes
• Talk to Me: A MoMA Exhibit About Communication Between People and Objects
• Rising Trend: Personal Social Video Cause Marketing From Amateurs
• Has the Best: The Best Thing to Eat In Every City
• DDB’s Social Creativity YouTube Channel
• Banjo Brings Calm to the Storm of Social Media Status Updates & Check-Ins
• Anthropology in Practice: Digital Archaeology
• Tesco’s Homeplus Subway Virtual Store (mobile commerce at real-world locations – & QR codes)
• IDEO’s Business Model Visualization Tool
• American Express Expands Foursquare Partnership
• Involver Lets Brands Engage with Facebook Fans Based on their Klout

Brand (& unbranded) Content – For Better Or Worse

• San Francisco Taxis Go On Strike, Uber Takes Advantage with 50% Discount
• Jay-Z/Bing Wins Grand Prix
• Lego Takes Crowdsourcing Up a Notch
• Volkswagen: The Speed Camera Lottery
• Turning Remote Objects into Google Search Boxes
• Skittles Brand Book
• Nordstrom Gets Digital
• Johnny Walker Inspired Insults Campaign

Digital Media, Tech & Marketing News & Resources

• How Green Is the Internet?
• Social Media Marketing Brings New Revenues, Customers
• Foursquare Now Officially at 10 Million Users
• Facebook Now Has 750MM Users
• What’s a Facebook Fan Worth? 20 Site Visits
• Facebook’s Music Plans Involve Spotify, Others
• After 7 Years, the Winklevosses Give Up on Battle with Facebook
• Why Some Dissatisfied Users are Shunning Facebook
• No One Wants to Buy Hulu Because It’s an Empty Shell of a Company
• Twitter Talking to Agencies About Putting Ads in Your Twitter Stream