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Vietnamese seller Thuat Nguyen has used compromised accounts at Apple App Store to boost rankings and increase sales. According to unconfirmed reports hacked accounts were used to buy multiple copies of previously obscure Vietnamese-language eBooks, in an apparent bid to game the iTunes ranking system.

Mac Rumours says that the dubious eBooks have been pulled from Apple's store and the account of seller Thuat Nguyen of mycompany has been suspended. During the apparent attack 42 of the top 50 books listed in iTunes came from Nguyen, Endgadget reports.

A new alliance is being formed by the 24 telecom operators to overtake Apple App Store. Three device makers such as LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony Ericsson support the move according to the GSM Association. Analysts and experts of the industry express their doubt the initiative will go far enough to pose at least the smallest challenge to the brainchild of Steve Jobs.

Norway browser developer Opera Software plans to introduce next week a new version of its Mini browser for Apple's iPhone.

The company said that the browser will be presented at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona next week. It will feature up to six times faster download speeds than Apple's own browser, and up to 10 times smaller data traffic.

"We have not submitted it yet to the Apple App Store. However, we hope that Apple will not deny their users a choice in Web browsing experience," said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder of Opera.
 

Millions of Citi’s US credit card customers are now enabled to  manage their card accounts trough the downloadable Citi Mobile appfor the iPhone device.