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AT&T is connecting with the over-65 set this fall by hosting a series of free educational events throughout the Northeast. The regional Cell Phones for Seniors and Surfing for Seniors program kicked off at senior centers in Connecticut and Massachusetts in mid-August and will likely expand to other states.

The Bacardi Live Tour will travel to 14 cities this fall bringing rum-based cocktails and high-profile djs to the 21-and-over crowd at bars and nightclubs in the Midwest and Texas. The invitation-only influencer events will feature a mojito bar and dedicated mojito area a 20-member brand ambassador team and professional dancers. Attendees will be encouraged to use Bacardi-provided flip cameras or their own cameras or smartphones to instantly print snapshots taken on-site to a Bluetooth printer.

McCain Foods has launched an integrated campaign to raise awareness for its potato product line. The effort which includes advertising pr online marketing and a street component plays off the national presidential election and the name of the Republican candidate with the tagline “Why McCain Should Be In the White House.”

For 16 days of the Olympic Games and 11 days of the Paralympics Games in August Coca-Cola connected with stakeholders and consumers in Beijing via its Coca-Cola Shuang Experience Center  (the Coca-Cola Pavilion). Highlighting its 80 years of Olympic Games sponsorship the brand offered visitors a timeline of its ties to the Games as well as locally-relevant displays. The brand named its Coca-Cola Pavilion “Shuang” since in Chinese it means “intense emotional and physical refreshment ” a tribute to the excitement of the Games and the traits of its beverage.

To get the word out about Hell’s Highway the third installment in its Brothers In Arms World War II-themed video game series game publisher Ubisoft offered attendees at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) an authentic taste of military life—with a twist. From Aug. 29 to Aug. 31 show attendees could stop by the brand’s recruiting station to get a traditional military-style buzz cut with the word “hell” etched into their hair. Volunteers received a free copy of the game which releases on Sept. 23.