Sponsorship Acquisition: It's Not Personal, It's Just Business The Nascar Insiders (blog) The single biggest problem facing NASCAR teams that want to continue being NASCAR teams is the search for, acquisition of, and retention of sponsors. ...

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Haven’t you always wondered what you would look like with a unicorn horn protruding out of your forehead? Come on, you know you have! The fine folks at mono have finally given all iPhone users the opportunity to younicorn-themselves with the Younicorn (iTunes link) iPhone app.

It’s $0.99 of magical hilarity. Take a photo and then use your finger to pinch and drag the horn. Choose a fun background and come up with the ultimate holiday greeting card.

Not convinced that you NEED to Younicorn yourself? Check out this video that mono made, bringing the app to life as it were.

Don’t be surprised if you start seeing Younicorns taking over your Twitter and Facebook shortly!

Reviews: Facebook, Twitter

Tags: iphone, unicorn, Younicorn, Younicornme

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Unless you�ve been under a rock (or simply like to spend the weekend away from the Internet) you�ve probably heard that a new Google device known as Nexus One is set to hit the market.

Unlike past Android devices, this one will be sold unlocked and directly by Google, leading many to call it the �Google Phone.�

The launch, as it turns out, might be right around the corner. According to Reuters, the device could be available via a Google website as soon as January 5. Sources also confirm earlier reports that consumers will be able to get the device at a discounted price, much like they do with most devices sold in the U.S., by agreeing to a contract with T-Mobile.

Obviously, that leaves Google and T-Mobile out of the holiday shopping season, but would setup for a potentially big debut for Nexus One at CES, which is happening that same week in January. Meanwhile, if you need to catch up on Nexus One news, here�s Mashable�s coverage so far:

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1. Nexus One: The Google Phone Has a Name

2. Nexus One: Google Phone Shows Up in Visitor Logs [PIC]

3. Nexus One vs. iPhone: What Google Needs to Succeed

4. Google Phone: Google Confirms �Dogfooding� of New Phone

5. The Google Phone Cometh?

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Tags: Google, google phone, Mobile 2.0, nexus one

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Blizzard has added some nice new features to the World of Warcraft Armory, including a few players have been asking for in the past. The most exciting change is something that doesn't seem to be working quite correctly yet -- they're including a Flash-based model viewer for characters that will let you see what a toon looks like without ever logging into the game. So says their updates page, but as of this writing, the whole system is going up and down, and we couldn't get it to work correctly on any of our PCs. Should be done soon, though.

Other updates include character activity feeds -- there are now RSS buttons all over your profile that will let you track achievements, items, and other specific character information via RSS. And Blizzard has also built in calendar feeds that will let you output guild and player calendars to Outlook, Google Calendar, or other calendar applications. That means your out-of-game calendars will update automatically if your raidleader happens to change up the raiding schedule. And finally, character profiles have been redesigned and streamlined -- they look a little different with all of these new features. The date on all of these changes actually says January 1, 2010, so Blizzard may have implemented them a little early, but sooner or later we'll see these welcome changes all active on the Armory.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

Update: The Armory is offline for maintenance now. These changes were seen in action, so they're real, but as we say above, they're officially dated for January 1st. So they may not be in effect just yet.

Filed under: Guilds, Blizzard, Achievements

Armory updates with model viewer, character and calendar feeds originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Totem Talk is the column for shamans,. Matthew Rossi ran ICC twice this week and will probably run it on 10 man twice more, and yet managed to take possibly the worst screenshot of all time, which he shares with you above,. Can you find the three shamans, including himself, in it? He sure as heck couldn't. But it's got a skunk bear up front. That's nice.

It's been an interesting week all told. The new five mans and new raid are out (well, first four bosses of new raid, anyway... having both tanked and been melee DPS on Deathbringer Saurfang, I have to say, it's an interesting mechanic but I'm already heartily sick of Blood Power, and I don't look forward to healing it) and we're seeing a couple of new mechanics and a new set of shorter cooldowns. I have to say, so far I really like the reduced cooldowns on our elemental totems. Now all they need is a pet bar, and not to die in two hits from any mob in sight. (I exaggerate slightly. Very slightly.)

There's a lot to cover (I plan on going back to discussing shaman itemization and design in the future, especially since I'll be on the WoW Insider podcast this week with Sacco and Holisky so it'll be three dudes who love shamans going back and forth... you should listen... I think Totem of Wrath and its issues compared to Warlock debuffs might come up) so let's just get to it, shall we?

Continue reading Totem Talk: Patch 3.3 and shamans, part 1

Filed under: Shaman, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, (Shaman) Totem Talk, Wrath of the Lich King

Totem Talk: Patch 3.3 and shamans, part 1 originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Company News, Investing, Media, Time Warner

It was Independence Day for AOL (AOL) on Thursday as the company was formally spun off from Time Warner (TWX), but the stock's debut on the New York Stock Exchange was something less than fireworks.

Shares in AOL -- DailyFinance's parent company -- spent almost the entire session in the red, but finished down just 0.6%, or 15 cents a share, at $23.52. Time Warner, meanwhile, gained 4.3%, or $1.24 a share, to close at $30.45, helped by positive analysts reports from BMO Capital Markets and Collins Stewart, among other brokerages.

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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SMART, Tesla Motors

There has been considerable hope that electrifying the Smart ForTwo would dispense with the micro-car's poor driveability and allow people to use the urban runabout more comfortably. Unfortunately, it appears that even with new lithium ion energy storage, the second-generation electric city car is still not quite ready for prime time. Over at Automobile, they had a chance to sample a new Smart Ed with its Tesla-supplied battery pack and found the performance decidedly lacking.

While the peak power has been increased from the first-gen model's 27 hp to 40 hp, the Smart can only provide this output for short bursts when the accelerator is pushed to the floor. Most of the time, the car is limited to the original 27 hp. This seems to point to thermal issues with either the motor or power electronics. The result is leisurely acceleration barely better than neighborhood electric vehicles. The top speed of 62 mph is passable, as is the 84 mile range if the car can actually approach it. The other major problem seems to be the brakes. Poor blending of the regen and friction braking makes it difficult to stop smoothly and annoying to drive the car. Based on that first impression, Daimler engineers still have a lot of work to do.


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2nd-gen Smart Ed driven, still not ready for its close-up originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you were looking for just one more reason to ditch Sprint then this could be it. A CDMA-flavored Palm Pixi just cleared the FCC -- yes, another one -- and we can say with confidence it's not coming to Sprint this time around. Better yet, Palm's model P121EWW matches up with that P121 code we saw leaked a while back for Big Red (Sprint's model is P120EWW), and this sucker got tested for 802.11b/g WiFi. Looks like that Sprint ad touting the Pixi's non-existent WiFi was more than just wishful thinking. With webOS-powered Palm gear already confirmed on Verizon for "early next year," are you really going to make the jump to a WiFi-less Pixi on Sprint knowing what's on the way? And more importantly, can we expect another terrifying series of ads targeting Sprint this time instead of AT&T?

Palm Pixi clears FCC with Verizon frequencies and WiFi in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Calibre 89 pocket watch, the world's most complex timepiece as mentioned by my colleague Ariel Adams last month, just sold for a world record price of CHF 5,120,000, or $5.068 million at Antiquorum's 35th Anniversary Sale in Geneva. "The incredible result realized for the Calibre 89 in our 35th anniversary auction indicates that the market for the most complicated and important watches in the world remains exceptionally strong," notes Antiquorum Chairman Robert Maron. "We are extremely honored to have sold this exceptional and unique timepiece for the second time in Antiquorum's history and are thrilled that we have once again achieved a world record price at auction." With a staggering 33 complications, the watch weighs nearly 2.5 lbs. and has an 18k yellow gold case. It was made to honor the 150th anniversary of the famed Swiss watchmaker.

Filed under: Timepieces, Auctions

Patek Philippe Pocket Watch Sells for $5 Million, Sets New World Record originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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