<s>
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
was	O
a	O
location-aware	O
feature	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
its	O
earlier	O
SMS-based	O
service	O
Dodgeball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Via	O
their	O
own	O
Google	B-Application
Account	I-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
cell	O
phone	O
location	O
was	O
mapped	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
Latitude	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
feature	O
moved	O
to	O
Google+	B-Application
in	O
between	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
incorporated	I-Application
Latitude	O
's	O
location	O
sharing	O
feature	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	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
and	O
Crowley	O
and	O
Rainert	O
hired	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
coinage	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
acquihire	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
offered	O
a	O
facility	O
to	O
users	O
by	O
way	O
of	O
SMS	B-Device
.	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>
With	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
,	O
the	O
service	O
expanded	O
to	O
PC	O
browsers	O
(	O
it	O
used	O
the	O
Geolocation	B-Language
API	I-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
user-driven	O
input	O
)	O
and	O
automated	O
location	O
detection	O
on	O
mobile	O
phones	O
using	O
cellular	O
positioning	O
,	O
Wi-Fi	O
positioning	O
,	O
and	O
GPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
Latitude	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
Location	O
History	O
"	O
which	O
stores	O
and	O
analyzes	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
location	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
attempting	O
to	O
identify	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
home	O
and	O
workplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-based	B-Application
Location	O
History	O
is	O
now	O
provided	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
API	O
which	O
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
Latitude	O
data	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
explicit	O
consent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
was	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
Chinese	O
App	O
Store	O
for	O
download	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
might	O
have	O
been	O
built	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Maps	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
then	O
offered	O
location	O
reporting	O
on	O
Google+	B-Application
,	O
but	O
this	O
did	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
all	O
the	O
platforms	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
does	O
(	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
S60	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
it	O
was	O
fully	O
migrated	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
most	O
devices	O
running	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Symbian	B-Language
S60	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
Google	B-Application
stated	O
on	O
the	O
Latitude	O
page	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
phones	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
claim	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Device
Ericsson	I-Device
W995	I-Device
,	O
C905	O
,	O
C903	O
,	O
C510	O
,	O
Elm	O
and	O
Satio	O
mobile	O
phones	O
supported	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
built-in	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
application	O
,	O
it	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
other	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amid	O
concerns	O
over	O
locational	O
privacy	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Latitude	O
overwrites	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
previous	O
location	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
location	O
data	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
keep	O
logs	O
of	O
locations	O
provided	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Latitude	I-Application
optionally	O
recorded	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
places	O
visited	O
and	O
counts	O
time	O
spent	O
at	O
each	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
