9 years, 8 months ago

Every step you take, every move you make, it's watching you

A man wears several fitness trackers in New York, Dec 15, 2014. Every night at 10:00 pm, the closing time of each day's count, she checks her tally on the social networking application that tells her whether she, or one of her cyber friends, has taken the most steps that day. There are no medals for being WeChat's top stepper, but higher-ranked players might collect more "likes" from their fellow users. Xiaomi emerged as the world's second-largest wearable device maker in the first quarter, lagging behind the US-based Fitbit Inc. Taiwan-based Gartner Inc analyst Amy Teng said that she's worried low-end wearables might wash away users' interest in the devices over the long run. This is undoubtedly a young person's market-for clever devices offering a range of basic functions in a watch-size shell which requires recharging daily.

China Daily

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