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Apple manipulating app store prices to drive volumes

Cupertino : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • A Twitter page is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Los Angeles
    A Twitter page is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Los Angeles
    Source: Reuters
A Twitter page is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Los Angeles

Or so it would seem from this news story reported by Gizmodo. Havea colleague that works for a firm that has developed & submitted a couple of apps & they have experienced the volume gaming that goes on in Apple's ranking system.

Good for the customer ? In reality, not really, as iPhone fever subsides & fanbois & girls head to the next new tech, Apple could be building a time bomb.

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Posted By spike-breaker08 spike-breaker08 | about 1 month ago
a ticking bomb waiting to be explode!
Reported by PaulHarper

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