“It’s an interesting development. Until now, most fitness companies and their corresponding apps – take Runtastic for example – have kept their API and user data completely walled off from other services. That makes it very difficult for users to take advantage of different apps that are suited to their lifestyle, and also for developers to create something altogether interesting and new. ¶ As an example, wouldn’t it be great to use that app which counts the calories you eat and drink every day, but then give it the information from your cycling app to work out how much of it you’ve burnt off? ¶ By giving aspiring developers access to NikeFuel – the overarching metric used by Nike in all of its apps and fitness devices, including the incredibly popular Nike+ FuelBand – as well as other data such as running pace, total distance covered, running routes and personal records, there’s an obvious opportunity to build an even better fitness app and hardware ecosystem.” • #aqsc - × × ×