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by znewman 3287 days ago
What exactly does Zenly do and why is it worth millions? It just looks like bitmoji on google maps.
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Snapchat just update for me today and they rolled a new feature that I'm assuming incorporates what Zenly did. You can now share your location with friends and see public/shared locations and stories. I can now zoom around the map looking at snap stories of specific locations without waiting for Snapchat to show it to me. It also shows a heatmap over your map so you can see areas with heavy activity. You can't click on the "hot" areas, it's just info.

Edit: Official Snapchat post: https://www.snap.com/en-US/news/post/introducing-the-snap-ma...

Interesting, I totally can tap any "hotzone" I want and Snapchat will serve me random videos from that approximate location. It's very interesting to watch sporting events.
I'll have to try that again. I thought I had tapped on a couple and it didn't work but maybe I just didn't hit the right spot.
Is it just me or is that video pretty corny ?