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Topic: [2016-05-05] DNA: Sweatcoin: This Apple app pays people to get fit (Read 867 times)

legendary
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Launched only in Britain  Angry and that too with sweat coin not bitcoin.  Cry
Hope they launch it in india too and also for android mobile.Such an app is going to encourage people to more healthy lifestyle.Its a good initiative
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It's the latest initiative in an emerging fitness economy that includes all manner of monitoring devices, apps that reward activity with vouchers and even experiments in offering cheap insurance to people who can demonstrate they exercise.[/i]

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Launched only in Britain  Angry and that too with sweat coin not bitcoin.  Cry
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Sweatcoin: This Apple app pays people to get fit

http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-sweatcoin-this-apple-app-pays-people-to-get-fit-2209533

A free smartphone app that will pay people to be physically active launches on Wednesday in Britain, with users given digital "sweatcoins" depending on how many steps they take that can be exchanged for rewards or traded like money.

It's the latest initiative in an emerging fitness economy that includes all manner of monitoring devices, apps that reward activity with vouchers and even experiments in offering cheap insurance to people who can demonstrate they exercise.
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