Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-27
By: CNA

The Taiwan unit of Yahoo announced Friday that its News and Super Mall apps will support

A studio at Yahoo headquarters in the US, Oct. 15, 2014. (File photo/Yang Hsiao-fang)

the Apple Watch in Taiwan to cash in on a market where smartwatch ownership ranks the seven-highest in the world.

The two apps are revamped with more visualized designs for notifications and location-based services, such as pushing promotional messages of local stores close to the wearer’s location, according to Yahoo Taiwan.

Around 12% of Taiwanese consumers own a smartwatch, ranking the country seventh in the world in terms of smartwatch ownership rate behind India, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, Yahoo Taiwan said, citing the results of a study conducted earlier this year by research firm GlobalWebIndex.     [FULL  STORY]