Get stalking....
Now here's something a bit bonkers. Adzuna, a social search engine for British property listings, was launched yesterday by the founders of Gumtree and Zoopla. It features a Friends Map which shows the places where your Facebook friends have "checked in" - this means that if you are thinking of buying or renting a home in the surrounding area, you could ask them questions about it, because obviously they have local knowledge, right? That's the theory.
The reality is much more hit and miss - I tried the map - yes, it did show my friends visiting Zizzi or whatever in the area where they live, but mostly it showed them visiting bars, nightclubs and restaurants in the West End (I never knew some of them led such glamorous lives) or the Westfield shopping centre or, better still, Luton Airport. This makes the map an invaluable snooping tool. However, just because my friends or I go to the Odeon, Leicester Square, occasionally does not make us an expert on what it is like to live there. We just know that we hate the crowds, tourist trap "restaurants" and general tat. Thinking about it, as I write this, I wonder if I am wrong - maybe we could offer useful advice - for anyone thinking of living around Leicester Square - don't do it, it is truly horrible. Yes, get this Adzuna app - it is indepensible, even if only to help you stalk friends as they go about their daily lives - fantastic! If one of them can help you select a good area to live-in as well, doubly fantastic!
http://property.adzuna.co.uk/
Now here's something a bit bonkers. Adzuna, a social search engine for British property listings, was launched yesterday by the founders of Gumtree and Zoopla. It features a Friends Map which shows the places where your Facebook friends have "checked in" - this means that if you are thinking of buying or renting a home in the surrounding area, you could ask them questions about it, because obviously they have local knowledge, right? That's the theory.
The reality is much more hit and miss - I tried the map - yes, it did show my friends visiting Zizzi or whatever in the area where they live, but mostly it showed them visiting bars, nightclubs and restaurants in the West End (I never knew some of them led such glamorous lives) or the Westfield shopping centre or, better still, Luton Airport. This makes the map an invaluable snooping tool. However, just because my friends or I go to the Odeon, Leicester Square, occasionally does not make us an expert on what it is like to live there. We just know that we hate the crowds, tourist trap "restaurants" and general tat. Thinking about it, as I write this, I wonder if I am wrong - maybe we could offer useful advice - for anyone thinking of living around Leicester Square - don't do it, it is truly horrible. Yes, get this Adzuna app - it is indepensible, even if only to help you stalk friends as they go about their daily lives - fantastic! If one of them can help you select a good area to live-in as well, doubly fantastic!
http://property.adzuna.co.uk/
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