Radio Taiwan International
Date: 05 August, 2019
By: Leslie Liao

Taiwan-made app Forest helps users regulate their productivity[/caption] It’s undeniable that hand-held devices are useful. But if you’re not careful, they can be a huge time sink. Now a Taiwan-developed smartphone app is helping people stay focused.

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How many times has this happened to you… you pick up your smartphone to return a text, and then half an hour later you find yourself on a Wikipedia page for cheese puffs? These days, smartphones can be a black hole for concentration.

But Taiwan might have the solution to your problem. Forest is an app that helps users focus. It’s created by a Taiwanese startup, and has proven wildly popular not just in Taiwan, but around the world.    [FULL  STORY]