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"Apple's shown some commitment to Haitian Earthquake Relief Efforts by making it easy for iTunes users to donate to the Red Cross, but according to one Genius Bar employee, this commitment doesn't extend to letting its employees rush off to Santiagio to help facilitate relief efforts: he was fired for his troubles."

So now he ends up in the unemployment line. I can't fault Apple either, if he didn't follow the polices then they are within their rights to terminate. And unless he had it pre-arranged that he could use volunteer work as an excuse for not showing up then I don't know many companies that would actually allow this type of excuse to fly.

"Apple this week flicked the switch on its iTunes Genius recommendation engine for movies and TV shows, a feature it originally planned to introduce alongside the release of iTunes 8.1 earlier this month."

The Genius sidebar was introduced with iTunes 8.0, and was limited to suggesting music. Now they have opened it up to TV shows and movies. For example, if you select a TV show in your iTunes library, the Genius will suggest additional episodes from that show, other seasons (if there are any) and up to 10 recommendations for similar shows. Reminds me of what Netflix does with their site, suggesting movies once you have added something to your que.