
Appointed Apple Monitor Doesn't Like Being Called Out on His BS
Following the farce of a trial over the alleged e-book price-fixing by Apple in its iBooks Store, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ordered that her friend and relatively new monitor Michael Bromwich oversee e-book pricing reform and regulatory…

Photorealistic Drawing of Santa Claus Done With MS Paint
Casey Chan of Gizmodo offshoot Sploid dug up this amazing time-lapse video of a photorealistic drawing of Santa Claus, all done with MS Paint.
Electric Asylum Art produced this unbelievable video, which they claim took over 50 hours to complete.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2g5qbvb7F4
This…

Belkin Announces Chromecast, Er, Miracast
Huge accessory maker Belkin announced its new Miracast Video Adaptor, a dongle that plugs into your tv's HDMI port (and is powered from it's USB port). Users can send video from an Android smartphone.
Does this sound like Google's Chromecast?
Well,…

Android in the Car?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google and Audi will be announcing a new initiative at CES 2014 to bring the Android OS to your car dashboard, much like Apple is pursuing with iOS in the Car.
Next week at the Consumer Electronics…

Best Whatever of 2013
With so many "Best of" posts all over the blogosphere, we at the Shizz thought we'd throw our hats in the ring.
However, we won't focus solely on tech. We'll list whatever we feel like listing.
It's our site, so why not?!
Scott Bell
Best…

TechSHIZZLE Will Be at 2014 CES!
Look for us at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas!
We'll arrive on January 8, 2014, then be departing on January 10, 2014.
We'll definitely be partying with Mobile Nations at their meetup (co-hosted with Geek Beat) at Earl of Sandwich in…

MyGlass iOS App Available Again
While briefly showing up earlier this week then being pulled, Google has re-released their MyGlass iOS app on the Apple App Store. The re-release is accompanied by a Google Glass firmware update.
The iOS version of MyGlass brings feature…

Mac Pro Now Available: Ships December 30 (U)
UPDATE: The shipping date has slipped to February 2014 as pent-up demand drives sales.
As promised yesterday, the new Apple Mac Pro has gone on sale, with a shipping date of December 30, 2013.
There was concern about where the newly…

Pebble Announces Pebble Appstore
Kickstarted smartwatch maker Pebble today announced the creation of its new appstore.
Pebble further states that if a submitted app needs an iOS or Android companion app, a developer can include a link to the Apple App Store or Google Play…

200 Google Ranking Factors
Backlink's Google stud Brian Dean has collected a huge list of the top 200 factors Google is currently using to rank websites.
SEO and online marketing has always been a bit of a dark art form. It falls somewhere between voodoo and phrenology.
But…