Apple Kicks Out Chinese App Developer

With more than 100,000 apps in Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone App Store, developers have come up with many creative ways to stand out. But the experience of a prolific Chinese app company called Molinker offers a cautionary tale.

An Apple spokeswoman says it removed Molinker from the App Store “for falsifying product reviews and violating the terms of the iPhone Developer Agreement.” Efforts to reach Molinker for comment were unsuccessful.

Blogs such as TG Daily reported earlier this week that Apple had taken action against Molinker–which boasts more than 1,000 apps–following complaints that the Chinese firm was posting fake reviews. Another site, iPhoneography, reported earlier that a reader had pointed out that the majority of Molinker’s five-star reviews for an app called “NightCam Pro” came from people who have only reviewed this app or other Molinker apps.

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