Dodgeball (service)
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- The correct title of this article is dodgeball . The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
dodgeball is a social networking software provider for mobile devices. It was acquired by Google in May 2005. Users text their location to the service, which then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting venues nearby.[1]
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The service was developed by students at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program(ITP).
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