Google announces its new U.S. Doodle 4 Google competition for K-12 students. The company is inviting kids from all across the country to create their art pieces under the “My Best Day Ever…” theme. The winning doodle will get featured on the Google homepage for one day, and the young artist, who created it, will get a nice prize—a $30,000 college scholarship plus a $50,000 technology grant for his or her school.

Doodle 4 Google, an international creative contest for young artists to create their own Google doodles, this year was hosted in Russia for the first time. While the company’s headquarter chose a futuristic topic for the 2012 event («If I could travel in time, I’d visit…»), Google Russia gave the contest a rather patriotic twist having devoted it to the Russian authentic culture and history («My city. My country»). As it was announced yesterday, Pyotr Alekseyev, an 8-year-old schoolboy from Belgorod, named the winner.

Ahead summer in Australia, Fanta launches a new campaign entitled Unbottle the Fun to tap into the happiness and joy the hot holiday season brings. Coca-Cola’s brand is going to challenge Aussies teenagers with a series of fun-packed “Funstigator” missions through December 31. The promotion is centered around the new app, which can be found either on the brand’s Facebook page or be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Samsung is tackling the problem of lack of education in Africa in a simple but stunning and inspiring way. The tech company launched its Samsung’s Internet Schools Programme, which brings “technology-rich learning and teaching” K-12 classrooms to distant and rural regions of the countries. Through the initiative, the brand aims to foster education in poorest regions using the most cost-efficient, but effective and sustainable technologies—the new classrooms are opened in old shipping solar-powered renovated containers.

MINI, which is known for reshaping consumer experience in the most extravagant ways remaining loyal to its nature, has made another experiment to drive ultimate fun. The brand turned the MINI Brand Store, where it sells its cars and the branded merchandise to Club MINI Amsterdam for two days during the 5-day Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). For the initiative, the brand collaborated with Spotify to host performances of famous international DJ’s such as DJ Chuckie, Gregor Salto and The Flexican.

Converse, which celebrates creative independence and is committed to helping emerging musical talents to speak (or, sing and play) out, is bringing its unique experience, Converse Rubber Tracks, to a new land. The Brooklyn-based studio of the brand, where aspiring musicians can record their tracks free of charge, is arriving in Montreal, Canada next week, September 17-22. The “Converse Rubber Tracks in Montreal” pop-up studio will be opened as part of the POP Montreal International Music Festival.