http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/ Engadget Comments for Inexplicable rise in iPhone dev's App Store sales connected to iTunes account hacks? (update) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Apple... hacked?

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA it's begun]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Why? Another hit to your rep? Apple is on a roll lately!]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Nice to see the apple halo slowly being stripped away, their products are good but their attitude stinks... wonder what the spin machine will say this time to save their slowly degrading consumer relationship.]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Yeah, Stevo is personally cancelling all those cheques you guys get...]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
These hackers should hack Steve Job's account.
It'll be fun.]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/and apple will blame hackers for recent boy genius claims.]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
"These hackers should hack Steve Job's account."

What account?
Like any good dealer, Steve doesn't use his own product.
]]>Jul 4th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/I can already tell you what apple is going to respond.
"It is impossible for iTunes store to be hack, the reasons for those purchases is the quality of the content. We do not make mistakes and you were holding your iPhone wrong when you made the purchases."
]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Yes and engadget found out but apple has not? Why have they not made a stamen.]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/And who approved those apps? Hmmm ]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
It really isn't the first time.]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
What do flowers have to do with this?]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
How is this a hack? It's called a FEATURE.

Apple has taken the "Genius" concept and applied it to eBooks. You may not want these Vietnamese books but Apple knows you will like them. Just trust Apple.

The process for purchasing goods and services went from offering products, to recommending products, to users thinking about buying a product (this step has been skipped thanks to Apple magic), to the system automatically buying the product for you. Very, very, ingenious. And much needed. Apple has already removed so much choice out of the user experience. This is the next logical step. I, for one, applaud their efforts.]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
IF this is account hacking it's probably easier to guess other folks. Or just create a bunch of dummy accounts to use promo codes and then more accounts to make actual buys, pad in some fake reviews and on the purchases, just have folks claim they didn't buy the stuff and end up with a bunch of chargebacks. It's actually a rather old game
]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
i don't understand why there is SO MANY people that check out all apple news.. when i had a G1 i checked android news.. i just bought an iphone 4 and i check apple news.. i don't go to check evo news nor galaxy news.. just like i don't check xbox360 news since i only have a ps3

why is there sooo much hate for apple, is it jealousy? why even bother to look into something that you don't own and not interested in buyin? it's so sad people do that to feel better about the other stuff they buy..]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Apples stock has risen drastically in recent years, but thats because they have come from zero to being a fairly profitable company. MS' stock is stagnant, but the compant isnt. Don't forget that MS still brings in double the revenue and profit that Apple does.

As to why Apple is having these issues, thats pretty simple. They have almost always been a fairly small company in the grand scheme of things. You can get away with having inferior functionality, hushing bad PR, etc when you are smalltime. Now that Apple has a few hits on their hands (iPad, iPhone, iTunes/App Store) their shortcomings are hitting the spotlight faster and harder. Very similar to how MS' did in the mid 90s (though to be fair, MS was unfairly crucified by the the EU)

Apple could only extend its monopolistic, fascist BS for so long. Now that they have hit the bigtime, they will either have to wind it down and become more customer oriented like MS or they will fail. If history is any indicator, their sales will plummit while they keep the same old PR tactics while trying to get sales by releasing product after product. Frustration will set in and they will oust jobs (or he will pass away) and Apple will float around for another couple years until they are bought out or close shop.]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
People like reading about technology. Or the competition.]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/need to get that conan book!]]>Jul 4th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/no one got hacked. It was just Steve Jobs controlling them when they are sleeping.

Steve Jobs: dumb bastards *grin*]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Your defending your opinion of aesthtics to a digital void. Now adjust you skinny jeans, straighten your Che Guarera t-shirt and let the tears drizzle like lemon oil from underneath your aviators and into your styled beard as you slink down the street on your fixie listening to indie folk rock. In your face Hipster Flander!

*hit you with a dill-dough full of knuckles that shoots testosterone*]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Good one.
Please do yourself a favor and watch Futurama episode 6x03. LOL]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Dang those sneaky Bothan spies!!! What's next will they steal of a remote control's batteries! O the horror!!!!!!]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Lol this would make a perfect story for another remake of a Christmas Carol, but with Steve Jobs as the Scrooge...]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Hey dumbass. Those pics that they used do NOT belong to them. They are copyrights trademarks of someone else's work and Apple approved them. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/lmao who the fuck is che guarera?]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
So people fell for a phishing scam or something, and now other people are blaming it on Apple.

This is much like how people are blaming PayPal for losing their money, because they fall for PayPal phishing scams. A system isn't secure if the user is a moron.

It seems most of these "Apple fanboys" are actually just trolls trying to act in a highly sarcastic manner in order to start a flamewar. I find it completely moronic for someone to say "lolz were all isheep and jobs wants us to buy vietnamese books so he can make $$ lol!"

That being said, OS X is fairly "secure", but anyone who thinks "Macs are unhackable!" or "Jobs is lying to you!" has to grow up. Both ideas are just plain stupid.]]>Jul 4th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/Jul 4th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
And then, they will proceed to a software update for iTunes so you won't see how much money you spent in iTunes anymore. And they will call it "a fix"]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Fine job???
Killing Courier? Releasing Kin only to kill it soon afterward?
]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Am no fan of Apple but really there's no nobility being in 2nd place. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/I don't care...I don't care...I don't care...]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
My bad...GueVara

I typoed the V thought there was an E. He was a Marxist who played a pivotal roll in the Cuban revolution and his face has become similar to bob matleys as a counter culture symbol....by iPhone toting hipsters or as Holden Caulfield would have it...phony bastards]]>Jul 4th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/It's totally appropriate. That Vietnamese title literally translated as "The 7 Dragon Balls."]]>Jul 4th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
I guess you blew it huh]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/I agree with you that Apples attitude does "stink" and this is an embarrassment, but this is not a big deal to Apple. The vast majority of its customers DON'T follow tech blogs such as Engadget closely, so they don't see this sort of news. Most probably Apple wont say much at all to try and keep it quiet so it doesn't reach "mainstream" news. Its only when it becomes common knowledge does it hurt Apple. Things like this don't bother them, sadly :/]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/inexplicable-rise-in-iphone-devs-app-store-sales-connected-to-i/
Easy, they'll admit to the antenae issue. This will take attention away from the iTunes store hack. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 9:46PM