Dodgeball was a location-based social network where users texted their location to the service, and it notified them of friends and points of interest nearby. Launched June 30, 2003; shut down February 28, 2009 — it lived 5 years. One of 10 Google products killed in 2009. Dodgeball was a location-based social networking software provider for mobile devices. Users texted their locations to the service, which then notified them of crushes, friends, friends' friends, and interesting venues nearby. Google acquired Dodgeball in 2004 and discontinued it in 2009, replacing it with Google Latitude. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).