Mobile apps helping seniors to socialize

HEFEI - While most of Jiang Licun's friends are working in the fields, the 53-year-old is living a life of the fame on the internet.

Wearing a headset, Jiang records a popular song on a singing app on his smartphone and uploads it. Within minutes, the song has more than 20 comments and some listeners give him virtual flowers as encouragement.

"I like reading the comments, and I usually reply one by one," said Jiang, a rural resident in Anhui province.