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>Synchronizing your pulse with Google...

>Say "share now" to share your cardiovascular activity on Google+

>...

>Synchronization completed!

>5 minutes later

>ping! One new message. Say "read" or "later"

>"read"

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Call me a tinfoil hatter, but I am not touching this tracking device with a five foot pole.




And yet no one seems to complain about the Nike fitness bands, devices that collect the same information and have the same access to your phone's always-on network connection -- a device that's made by a company that actually sells you shoes.


This device just connects to your phone.


And that will prevent Google from implementing libraries and functionality specifically designed to enable what the GP proposes? I think more along the lines of more and more integration to compel users to "get the full experience" out of their phones and watches.




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