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Google acquired Dodgeball in 2004
The acquisition year is wrong: contemporaneous reports say Google bought Dodgeball in May 2005, not 2004.
Full reasoning
Multiple contemporaneous reports from May 2005 state that Google acquired Dodgeball on May 11–12, 2005. InformationWeek reported on May 12, 2005 that Google "bought the two-person company May 11," and Engadget likewise reported on May 12, 2005 that Dodgeball "got bought by Google today." Those sources directly contradict the article's statement that Google acquired Dodgeball in 2004.
This appears to be a simple date error: Dodgeball itself launched before the acquisition, but the acquisition happened in 2005, not 2004.
2 sources
- Google Acquires Mobile Social-Networking Company Dodgeball.com | InformationWeek
May 12, 2005 ... Google Inc. has bought Dodgeball.com ... The Mountain View, Calif., search giant bought the two-person company May 11 for an undisclosed amount.
- Google buys Dodgeball | Engadget
By Ryan Block May 12, 2005 ... Dodgeball ... got bought by Google today for an undisclosed sum of money.