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By: The Holy Grail For Mobile Social Networks « iBrian

The Holy Grail For Mobile Social Networks « iBrian — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:56:58 +0000

[...] heard of it? Neither has anyone else, although it is still available for download. Google’s Dodgeball is another example that’s fallen flat - it tells friends (and friends of friends) who are [...]

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The Holy Grail For Mobile Social Networks — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:36:23 +0000

By: Dodgeball founder quites Google at Charl Norman dot com

Dodgeball founder quites Google at Charl Norman dot com — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:27:15 +0000

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|► Dodgeball: i creatori dicono addio a Google — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:00:53 +0000

[...] no real secret that Google wasn’t supporting dodgeball the way we expected. The whole experience was [...]

By: boomer

boomer — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:28:50 +0000

re: #5 and #8 - you can have more than one group, which makes multi person messaging a lot easier to manage (ex: my co-workers, friends, triathlon training group, etc) so you can target your mass messaging…. do my co-workers need to know where iam going for a lunch-time run? NO. do my training partners? of course.

the other component which some find stalker-esque but others enjoy is the friends of friends feature (you are notified if your friends’ friends are in a certain proximity) - that proximity varies by city, i think. so in NYC it may be 10 blocks, in other areas the range is different. the dodgball guys get the fact that every city has a different layout.

the crush feature is more funny than stalker and they do not tell the person with the crush where the subject of their crush is - so really no safety issues.

By: Ymerce » Blog Archive » Kwekken met de Hyves messenger

Ymerce » Blog Archive » Kwekken met de Hyves messenger — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:21:16 +0000

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By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » No plans? Meet New People via Activities

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » No plans? Meet New People via Activities — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:09:56 +0000

[...] What I like about MatchActivity is that you can post an activity OR an availability — that way I could say that I’m available Thursday night, list some interests, maybe post a few ideas, and see if someone wants to do something. I also like that it has Activity Ideas — this lists upcoming events in cities (only 3 cities as of this writing - LA, NYC, SF - and about 5 ideas in each; but there’s potential here for an automated system where restaurants/bars/sporting events/concerts could post their own activity and be a featured Activity Idea). To spark some more “activity” on the site (no pun intended), I would integrate more Activity Ideas, possibly from the Eventful API (as Who’s Going is planning to do). I also like their ‘temporary zip code’ function, which allows a user to specify a different city they will be traveling to in the future, and thus open to activities in that location — this is somewhat similar to a feature that Google’s dodgeball.com service has (you switch your city, so that friends in that city know your whereabouts). The one thing that needed some clarification was the search — I wasn’t sure whether to input a zip code or city name, and it only provides listings within 50 miles (no option to change the distance). I also didn’t go through an activity post, but I’m hoping they have their Reliability Rating implemented, allowing users to rate their activity experience with the other person — this lacks in Who’s Going and could likely become an important feature for these sites (much like eBay’s rating system). Who’s Going feels social transactions are much harder to quantify (”I thought he was a dork”), than financial transactions (”He didn’t ship the package”) and is hoping that users will comment on each other’s profiles to demonstrate a relationship — i.e. “Hey, I had a great time!” [...]

By: PJ Kix > Hi-tek / Lo-life » Blog Archive » Techcrunch » Blog Archive » dodgeball.com officially Google’d

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:31:39 +0000

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By: Shroffy

Shroffy — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:40:20 +0000

I think that Pubwalk.com will evently replace dodgeball with full LBS setup

By: Wolf

Wolf — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:22:02 +0000

Dodgeball won’t really interest me until all phones use GPS to automatically update it (when you have your privacy settings set to do so). To manually update it is silly - I’d rather just call my friends if I cared to meet them (or use multi-recepient SMS)…

By: hello

hello — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:51:57 +0000

I agree with #5 (cg) and #8 (Jake) here.

I’ve been coordinating party time with friends long before cell phones were available in the US. I got my first cell phone in 1993, and was of the few in my social circle to have one at that time.

Earlier this week I coordinated a meet-up in a nightclub between US friends (arriving in Europe from NYC) and local friends (residents of European city) all by multi-recipient SMS/MMS and AIM (native support on Treo 700P/Sprint). Using SMS/MMS and AIM there was no there was no need for me to even have an international calling plan. I have no idea what handsets/carriers all parties were using, the info wasn’t necessary or germane. And yes, I could have done the same with e-mail, however SMS/MMS is much useful for when remotely navigating someone through a maze (and haze) of nightclubs

Also, wasn’t Dodgeball’s original service proximity based in some way? Wasn’t there a limit to the range of physical distance in which your friends are visible? Something like a 10 mile radius?

I remember thinking when Google/Dodgeball acquisition was first announced:

1) This is truly creepy, the “crush” feature takes cyberstalking to whole new level. Hopefully, there’s a robust privacy feature.

2) “Thankfully, this is completely impractical for cities like Los Angeles and San Diego”

By: Jon Gales

Jon Gales — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:48:06 +0000

The useful part of Dodgeball (and twitter) is when you have more than one friend. You update to Dodgeball what’s going on and then your other friends on the service can all find out where you’re at. Dodgeball adds some social networking stuff onto it–you can find out where friends of friends are at.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:31:10 +0000

I’m with #5 on this one - couldn’t you use the phone to, you know, dial your friend’s number and ask him where he is? Or have I been doing it wrong this entire time?

By: iZip

iZip — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:49:00 +0000

MMS delivers the cell phone email and it works with attached pictures/video. Now, most share pictures and video by handing the phone to friends. Some can do the download to a PC. Relatively few do MMS with media attached but we are learning. I expect MMS+media attachments will expand rapidly as new cell phones make it easier to store email information.

By: G

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:30:05 +0000

Our site uses the same email to sms gateways with the carriers. All of the major carriers have them and many small ones do as well. Since mCruising is adult in nature (connects men for meeting up), we are safer using the email gateways than with a shortcode.

THe main difference is that the email is not guaranteed like with a SMS.

By: cg

cg — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:06:16 +0000

am i missing something? why couldnt I just send a text message to my friend that said “At Jimmy’s Bar” ? I’ve always been able to do this….

By: Mun

Mun — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:17:11 +0000

Although it is possible to send email using a cellfone, it’s significant more key presses and more hassle. Another frustration is charging users to send *and* receive text messages, which doesn’t exist in the UK (or even Europe, as far as I know). Sending costs, and receiving is free. It would be nice to see US carriers adopt this model too.

Btw, in answer to your question, I think most US carriers allow customers to receive text messages via email:

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

I’ve found this list quite useful a few times. There’s also a universal service offered by Teleflip.com. Just email 0000000000@teleflip.com (replace zeros with phone number to message). Haven’t personally tried this though, so I don’t know how reliable it is.

By: dodgeball.com (just so we don’t say.. ), Rotten Apple??? « Technically Speaking

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:13:21 +0000

[...] Hey folks, just realize just like I said in my podcast - 7 Minutes with Rex Dixon — Google is on top, and will be for awhile. Dodgeball.com was some company that Google bought out for their SMS technology. Okay, so I don’t have the whole story here, but as always if this interests you, check out the full version right here! [...]

By: carl rahn griffith

carl rahn griffith — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:43:05 +0000

i can’t see this working in huddersfield, west yorkshire …