Google + Dodgeball = Impromptu Parties
Google has successfully acquired yet another internet property. This time it was Dodgeball.com. Haven’t heard of Dodgeball? Don’t feel bad most people haven’t. Dodgeball takes text messaging to the extreme by allowing you to send a single message out that will go to all of your friends, friends of your friends (if they are within a certain radius of you) and up to 5 of your secret crushes (again, if they are with a certain area of you). Sounds like a great way to plan an impromptu party, right? Well, it’s only available in 22 cities in the US right now, but if we know Google, they’ll try to expand it and quickly.
The buy sort of makes sense. Google has already has a SMS service so this would just take that and add more functionality. Heck, this could even integrate into gmail. It seems like its a fun technology. I can’t wait until it comes to my area.