The week that was in branding begins with India, where Sirji 3G is offering itself as a solution to the nation's population control problem. When the power goes out, don't boink, play 3G games!

Oh, baby... Pampers ad runs alongside 300+ sex positions app.

Seized counterfeit goods are being donated to homeless in the UK.Continue reading...

You can't spell the brand "Yakult probiotic yogurt" without "yak." (above)

"Do you realize that toilet paper has not changed in my lifetime? It's just paper on a cardboard roll, that's it. And in ten thousand years, it will still be exactly the same because really, what else can they do?" George Costanza, meet the new tube-less Scott toilet paper.

Can branded content be funny? Is branded content just another name for product placement? Yes and yes.

Hermes and Yamaha unveil their $62,000 motorcycle (but does it come with Kelly Saddlebags?)

Expectations run high for slogans and signs at tomorrow's Stewart/Colbert rally in DC.Continue reading...

Apple changes tune from "Get a Mac" to "Why You'll Love a Mac." We aready miss the pc John Hodgson and straight-mac Justin Long.

Ellen DeGeneres launches a record label, eleveneleven, with YouTube sensation Greyson Chance, who's now repped by Madonna and Lady Gaga management.

BP mulls "top kill" procedure, says it has paid $29 million to date in oil spill claims as local wildlife show effects.

Dodge logo drops the horns.

Air India has ended a two-day strike that grounded hundreds of flights.Continue reading...