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Nearly two years ago, a US federal judge ruled that Apple conspired to raise prices on the ebooks it sold. A federal appeals court today upheld that judgement. In a 2 to 1 vote, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the conspiracy violated antitrust law, and supported the previous judge’s injunction against Apple. A majority judge said that Apple’s price fixing helped ensure that prices throughout the ebook market rose to a level Apple and its co-conspirators – Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Penguin – were happy with. Meanwhile, Apple justified its actions by saying…

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Announced at WWDC in June, Apple Music is finally here. To try it out for yourself, you’ll need to download iOS 8.4, which is also available now. You can download the over-the-air update for your iOS device by heading to the Settings app, then General and Software Update. via Reddit Apple Music is the company’s first foray into providing a fully-fledged streaming service, after it acquired Beats’ technology. It also features a new streaming radio station, Beats 1, with a star-studded lineup including Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden and Julie Adenuga. Apple Music is available as a free trial for three months, then costs $9.99…

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Kids digital marketing platform SuperAwesome revealed its new Kids Web Services (KWS) initiative today. The KWS platform is designed for publishers and brands who create content specifically for children. It handles all the data privacy compliance requirements for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the forthcoming EU legislation. Its aim is to make the lives of developers easier when it comes to content creation for children. Publishing for the under-13 age group has strict compliance standards that must be met. KWS allows publishers to take these into account with its built-in features, such as kid-safe authentication, verifiable parental…

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ThinkUp, the social media tool which we called “your own personal social media guru“, now has features that make it handier for tracking your followers. It’s added search today, so you can run search queries across social media networks to see which of your followers on Twitter are “tech writers” or who on Instagram has 💁 in their bio. The search feature is handy for sorting through your followers, particularly as Twitter doesn’t index user bios. Other services like FollowerWonk offer similar functionality with advanced features restricted to the paid plan. ThinkUp is also getting Instagram support today. That comes along with new insights that…

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Square is taking on a new sort of transaction for small businesses: employee payrolls. Simply called Square Payroll, the tool is meant to make it easy for the person managing a payroll to get money out to his or her employee, especially those paid by the hour. Hourly employees can easily clock in and out right from the register and their hours will be automatically imported into the system. Payroll also takes care of all your federal and state taxes, including withholdings, payments and filings. Though the focus is on hourly workers, it can also be used for salaried staff.…

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OpenDNS has announced that it’s being acquired by Cisco, in a bid to extend its security offerings. The company, which provides a popular free alternative DNS service along with business security solutions, has sold for $635 million in cash. Cisco said that the “acquisition will extend our ability to provide customers enhanced visibility and threat protection for unmonitored and potentially unsecure entry points into the network, and to quickly and efficiently deploy and integrate these capabilities as part of their defense architecture.” David Ulevitch, Founder and CEO of OpenDNS, reassured customers that the service will continue to work as it does today…

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When flying abroad, you can easily find yourself having to carry a bag full of chargers and adaptors just to stay online. The Twist Plus can power your MacBook plus five other devices at the same time, and it works around the world. To be precise, the Twist Plus is compatible with outlets in 150 countries, and you can easily switch between configurations with a quick twist of the dial around the adaptor (hence the name). It has a port that takes your Mac’s MagSafe adaptor directly, and there are four USB ports around the dial for charging other devices.…

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Eyefi has announced that its photo syncing and sharing app and service is now available for Windows phones. Users can take pictures with either their digital cameras or their Windows phone and see all images organized and available for sharing from their phone. The Eyefi Mobi app, which is available for free, automatically organizes, classifies and syncs photos regardless of camera, and takes advantage of Windows Phone features like Live Tiles, which posts personalized information on the Start screen. The company’s Mobi and Mobi Pro Wi-Fi SD cards connect any camera with the app. “We’re pleased to offer these photographers a native photo app that has the level of…

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PushBullet, an app that lets you move files easily between different devices or send them to friends, has rolled out a full overhaul of its mobile, desktop and browser-based apps. First off, the company says it’s made the app easier to use by re-organizing the way in which it displays received content. Previously, it was just in one long unmanageable list, but there’s now a section for your own pushes, a separate list for pushes from friends and a third list for updates from ‘channels’ you subscribe to. It’s easier to see your message history with a specific friend too,…

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One the internet’s first communal acts of voyeurism was Jennicam, a site where a webcam captured snapshots of a woman’s life so jerkily that it was almost stop motion. We’re far beyond that now thanks to apps like Periscope, but online oddities can still grab your attention. Like this, an internet-connected robot roving around an apartment in Austria. Created by Reddit user Eiggem, the little droid can be controlled from this website. It takes an image every time it moves but the picture on the Web page only updates every three seconds, so it’s a pretty disjointed experience. Still, there’s also something very…

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The BBC Trust announced today that its youth-focused channel BBC 3 will cease broadcasting and move online in 2016, after a proposal was submitted by the broadcasters director-general Tony Hall. The Trust concluded that the channel’s audience figures were already dwindling and with a target viewership of people aged 16-34, online seemed like the most viable option. A BBC spokesperson said: We welcome the Trust’s provisional conclusion, which is the next step in delivering our vision for a new BBC Three. With a frozen licence fee and the BBC’s income cut by 26% we have had to make some very…

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