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- Founded: July 2006 in Helsinki, FinlandCrunchBase: Jaiku profile
- Founders: Jyri Engestrom and Petteri KopponenCrunchBase: Jaiku profile
- Employees: 8
- Purchased by Google on October 9, 2007Jaiku: Google Q&A
- Jaiku competitor Pownce was shut down on December 15, 2008
- Engestrom previously worked for NokiaCNN Money: [Tracking Your Buddy List (February 16, 2007)
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Jaiku is a social network and microblogging site, similar in some ways to Twitter.CrunchBase: Jaiku profile The site was founded in July of 2006 and acquired by Google the following year.CrunchBase: Jaiku profile On January 14, 2009, Google announced that it would no longer actively develop the Jaiku service, but it would release the code as an open-source project, allowing others to develop their own microblogging services.Mashable: The Future of Jaiku Finally Revealed (January 14, 2009)
"Google Massacre"
On January 14, 2009, Google announced changes to Jaiku as well as a several other online services. As most of these changes involved downscaling or abandoning various projects, blogger Duncan Riley referred to it as the "Google Massacre."The Inquisitr: Google Massacre: Google Closes Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook, Catalog Search; Google Video Downgraded (January 14, 2009) In addition to halting any further development of Jaiku, Google also announced the termination of the Dodgeball service, which features GPS-enabled social networking. As well, the company reported that Google Video would no longer accept any new uploaded videos, that Google Catalog Search would be disabled, and finally, that Google Notebook would remain online, but with no further development or modification.The Inquisitr: Google Massacre: Google Closes Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook, Catalog Search; Google Video Downgraded (January 14, 2009)-
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Jaiku on Amazon
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The Adventurer's Guild #1-Jaikus and Reneeke Join the Guild - $4.99
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Jaiku Questions
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Did Google buy jaiku to get rid of the competition for Twitter? 2 AnswersI don't think that was the reason. The timing just doesn't make much sense. Twitter didn't really take off until after jaiku was acquired in October 2007. I ... read more -
Why didnt Google promote the heck out of Jaiku by giving GMAIL users accounts, putting it on the Google homepage, etc? 1 AnswerIf they aren't doing much with Jaiku, what seems to be a Twitter/Tumblr combination, I am starting to wonder how many billions of dollars they might offer to bu... read more -
What do you think about the possibility of twitter? 8 AnswersGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt made it clear they are "unlikely to buy anything short term partly because I think prices are still high". Google is gathering alot of c... read more
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@codybrown @aschweig Would @Murdoch accuse Twitter Search of stealing his $ and then charge @jaiku to have him block Twitter Search?
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Jaiku | Jaikus from http://post.ly/Dp92
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Jaiku | Jaikus from msathish69: Main Folder. feeds2.feedburner.com/southspice * feeds2.. http://htxt.it/YyKf http://digg.com/u1HK9d
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Jaiku | Jaikus from msathish69: Main Folder. feeds2.feedburner.com/southspice * feeds2.. http://htxt.it/YyKf h... http://plurk.com/p/2tkctm
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"Jaiku | Jaikus from msathish69" http://tinyurl.com/yzfnyoa FOUND VERY INTERESTING
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