<s>
Dodgeball	B-Application
was	O
a	O
location-based	O
social	O
networking	O
software	O
provider	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
acquired	O
Dodgeball	B-Application
in	O
2005	O
and	O
discontinued	O
it	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
replacing	O
it	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dodgeball	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
New	O
York	O
University	O
students	O
Dennis	O
Crowley	O
and	O
Alex	O
Rainert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
Crowley	O
and	O
Rainert	O
left	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Crowley	O
describing	O
their	O
experience	O
there	O
as	O
"	O
incredibly	O
frustrating	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Crowley	O
created	O
a	O
similar	O
service	O
known	O
as	O
Foursquare	B-Application
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Naveen	O
Selvadurai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dodgeball	B-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
cities	O
of	O
Seattle	O
,	O
Portland	O
,	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
Phoenix	O
,	O
Dallas	O
–	O
Fort	O
Worth	O
,	O
Austin	O
,	O
Houston	O
,	O
New	O
Orleans	O
,	O
Miami	O
,	O
Atlanta	O
,	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
,	O
Philadelphia	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
Boston	O
,	O
Detroit	B-Application
,	O
Chicago	O
,	O
Madison	O
,	O
Minneapolis	O
–	O
St.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
Vic	O
Gundotra	O
,	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Engineering	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
"	O
discontinue	O
Dodgeball.com	B-Application
in	O
the	O
next	O
couple	O
of	O
months	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
this	O
service	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Dodgeball	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
succeeded	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
was	O
eventually	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
