{"id":1659,"date":"2015-02-06T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.knicket.com\/magazine\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2015-02-06T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T10:52:19","slug":"viral-photo-might-show-app-store-ranks-manipulated-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.knicket.com\/magazine\/viral-photo-might-show-app-store-ranks-manipulated-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Photo Might Show how App Store Ranks Are Manipulated in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This photo of a woman sitting in front of dozens of iPhone 5c went viral shortly. Magazines like <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.techinasia.com\/viral-photo-china-shows-manipulate-app-store-rankings-hard\/?utm_content=buffer0d5b8&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">TechinAsia<\/a>\u00a0are speculating that the photo might show a woman downloading and rating new apps for a company. 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