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Just a quick update: Greenpois0n has been updated to RC6.1. It fixes the iBooks DRM error and Apple TV2 wifi issue. If you don't want to re-jailbreak, you can just install iBooks Fix via Cydia. Don't forget to follow our Greenpois0n guides for Mac/Windows here. Click here to download.

Netflix Canada was introduced to our great country last September. I found the service to be amazing since content can be watched from my iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. For a mere $8/month, users can watch unlimited TV/movies (their library is growing, albeit slowly) every month--that is until your internet provider knocks you out....

Update 1: Here's what Obama talked about with Jobs and everyone else (via WSJ): "The president specifically discussed his proposals to invest in research and development and expand incentives for companies to grow and hire," said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney to reporters traveling with the president. To follow up on the story about...

We mentioned earlier in the day about Steve Jobs and other tech titans meeting with President Obama. What will they talk about? The future of Silicon Valley? iPhone 5? The Oatmeal speaks the truth: Priceless. [The Oatmeal]

The New York Times is reporting that Apple does not have plans for a smaller iPhone "anytime soon", and that engineers are busy finishing the next iPhone 5, which should be ready by this summer. There's more to this. According to the NYT's second source: Another person who is in direct contact with Apple also...

Popular Mechanics has some interesting "confessions" of an anonymous Apple retail store employee. Are these real? Maybe. Here are a couple of my favorites: The Phone Room The worst is when we have to work the Phone Room, which is where calls to the store are answered. The other day, I felt like I was...

Update 1: The LA Times has an official list of all the attendees meeting Obama tonight in San Francisco. Talk about a list of tech industry giants: John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Carol Bartz, president and CEO, Yahoo! John Chambers, CEO and chairman, Cisco Systems Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter Larry Ellison, co-founder...

We've talked about how to enable Emoji (from the Japanese iOS keyboard) on your iPhone via free apps in the App Store. Currently, just by searching the term "emoji" in the App Store produces many solutions to satify your Emoji needs. But what about getting universal emoticons on your iPhone? Emoji can only be seen...

Apple gets the most attention at conferences they don't attend. Think about that for a minute. Apple's final conference was the 2009 Macworld Expo, where typically new products and announcements would be made. The Mobile World Congress is an annual gathering of the most influential companies in the mobile industry. Apple didn't bother attending, but...

Have you encountered that message above? There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone. Please restore with iTunes and reinstall iBooks. Are you looking for a fix for iBooks after jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 via Greenpois0n? A solution is now available in Cydia that will solve the problem of iBooks refusing to open content...

Google recently introduced a new security feature to help protect your account even further: 2-step verification. We live in a Google world nowadays and a compromised Google Account is the last thing we need. Google's 2-step verification can increase security, but it requires work to setup and maintain. Once enabled, users logging into their Google...

Keeping it all in sync with MobileMe More MobileMe speculation from "sources" coming your way. I'm going to take this 'source' from Cult of Mac with a grain of salt, especially after hearing about Apple's "cloud-only" iPhone rumour. New details report that MobileMe's plans include a mashup of Foursquare, uStream, and Facebook. As per Cult...