google bought who?

[Mr. Deleted]

No, not that dodgeball. This dodgeball.

Ok, am I missing something here? I've asked around and none of my geek friends have ever used dodgeball.com, and only one had even heard of the site. It seems to be some sort of service where you can blog from your cellphone and tell people you have arrived at a bar, so they should come hang out.

Maybe it's just me- but if you're on a bar stool, blogging from your cellphone, trying to find friends to help you get yo' drink on, perhaps there's a reason they aren't already hanging out with you in the first place?

fuc*edgoogle.com *=k

www.dodgeball.com

 

[insomnia]

Looks like a neat service that dodgeball

 

[Mr. Deleted]

I think it is vary interesting, but what do you think Google wants with it?

 

[insomnia]

Diversifying their assets! They already have Google maps, if they acquire this social networking service, they could offer quick maps, directions to bars, mobile email or messaging (through gmail?) and makes some more money on ads. They may have some other great ideas.

 

[jdk]

I think it is vary interesting, but what do you think Google wants with it?

Bottom of the page says copyright Google. Looks like they already own it.

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Bottom of the page says copyright Google. Looks like they already own it.

http://www.dodgeball.com/aboutus_dball_google.php

yes they do:

dodgeball + Google

Big news, dodgeball fans! On May 11th dodgeball.com was acquired by Google! I'm sure a lot of you have some questions about what this means for you and the future of dodgeball, so we put together a quick Q&A. Let us know if you have any other questions!

Q: Why did dodgeball sell to Google?
A: As a two-person team, Alex and I have taken dodgeball about a far as we can alone. Since we finished grad school, we've been trying to figure out how to grow dodgeball and make it a better service along the way. We talked to a lot of different angel investors and venture capitalists, but no one really "got" what we were doing - that is until we met Google.

The people at Google think like us. They looked at us in a "You're two guys doing some pretty cool stuff, why not let us help you out and let's see what you can do with it" type of way. We liked that. Plus, Alex and I are both Google superfans and the people we've met so far are smart, cool and excited about what they're working on.

Q: What does the acquisition mean to dodgeball? What's going to change?
A: Now that we're part of Google, we'll have more resources available to us. That means Alex and I can get back to building new features. We have a lot of ideas that we've wanted to work on for a long time and we're excited that we will now have the time and resources to actually follow-through with them. There's some cool stuff in the works - stay tuned.

Q: What does the acquisition mean to dodgeball users?
A: We've adopted Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service as our own. You should have received a notice about these new terms. If you disagree with the terms or decide that you don't want to be a part of the new post-Google dodgeball, please delete your account.

While you can delete your account at any time, if you do so in the next 14 days, your account will be deleted immediately and the information in your profile will not be transferred over to Google.

Q: Will you still be at The Magician / Floyd / 12" / 288 / Lit / Boat / Barramundi / Bleecker Street Bar six nights a week?
A: Of course. Where else would we be? Swing by sometime and meet us for a drink!

Q: Anything else?
A: Do we have time to for a few shoutouts? dodgeball.com would not be around today if it wasn't for the support of friends and family along the way. Special shoutouts to Tom Ainslie, Ken Allard, Pam Bennett, Melissa Camero, Eric Deschamps, Chris Gage, The Happy Corp Global, Rob Hudak, Aaron Ingram, Doug Jaeger, Andy Krucoff, Ken Rabe, James Robinson, Ilana Rosengarten, Clay Shirky, Matt Spangler, Chris Sung, Meghan Trainor, Shawn Van Every and everyone else who's added content, fixed bugs, and spread the word.

Thanks again everyone, and please send any questions / feedback / comments to [email protected]!

Dens Alex​

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120818,00.asp

 

[Momentum]

It is funny because every time I hear that website, I think of that stupid Ben Stiller movie.

But dodgeball.com is a real nice enhancement to Google's Orkut social networking service. You know one of those "six degrees of separation" websites. I think it is a great usage of the technology that is available.

One of my buddy's went to school with the dodgeball founder at NYU. He is a happy camper right now. Very useful mobile application in my opinion.

 

[stevey]

they brought it awhile ago, google wants a finger in every pie

 

[seeker]

thats an interesting and definately predictable move (the market move not the domain itself).
and yes, I keep thinking of that Ben Stiller movie as well