A short while ago my roommate Andy turned me on to a service called Dodgeball. It's basically a social networking app that sends you SMS's from your peeps when they're bored looking to hang out and in your general vicinity. Or as Corante says, it helps "coordinate social interactions". Like ad hoc blind dating, but with people you know. So it turns out that they're being aquired by Google. Wait what? Oh that's right... when you hook up Google Maps, Google Reviews and a mobile-social component like Dodgeball, you basically own my life. Toss in a ridefinder, another SMS answer service and cell-phone accessible price lookups and geez, why would I ever go home again? From now on, I can putt along knowing exactly where I am, how much things cost, what the best movies and restaurants are, have transportation and be able to ping my friends with where and when I'll be someplace. All on Google's ...free... services. Ah huh. Ok, so just get me a new Apple iPhone and my life is yours, baby!
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