On Wednesday Google announced the fourth annual round of its ‘Doodle 4 Google’ project. This is a drawing contest which provides K-12 students with the opportunity to win a $15,000 scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for their school. The task for the students is to create their own version of Google page that corresponds the theme of competition using a plethora of drawing tools.

Umbro, Manchester-based branch of Nike specializing in football wear, recently revealed more details on its collaboration with critically acclaimed designer Aitor Throup that led to creation of some iconic sportswear pieces for Archive Research Project (A.R.P.). In course of the project, Umbro’s creative team along with Aitor delved into 87-year-old archive of the brand in search of inspiration to create new clothes.

Knicks Poetry Slam is a joint project run by the New York Knicks and the Urban Word NYC (a non-profit organization involved in the field of youth literacy and personal development) aimed at encouraging young people from the big city to have their say in poetic format. This project is supported by the leading sportswear brand as Nike. This is a competition for young poets that allows them to demonstrate their talents in public and compete with others for a chance to earn a better future: the winners will be awarded with educational grants, $450,000 in total, www.nikestadiums.com reports. 

On weekend Starbucks announced a really BIG news: the company plans to introduce the biggest cup to the customers who are most in need of energy boost. The 31-ounce ‘Trenta’ (which means ‘thirty’ in Italian) will become part of the Starbucks menu and will be served in all its U.S. coffee shops by May 3, 2011. On January 18, the Trenta size debuted in 14 states, including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona.