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By: Work Life Balance – Why draw the line? « martin cahill: media

Work Life Balance – Why draw the line? « martin cahill: media — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:58:46 +0000

[...] This is an outstanding success story and it continues today with the recent announcement that Jaiku has been acquired by Google. Jyri’s story presumably took much effort and work, but what struck most about Jyri was the [...]

By: Is Google Losing Their Edge in Mobile? | Wap Review

Is Google Losing Their Edge in Mobile? | Wap Review — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:23:41 +0000

[...] loyal user base. The Finnish startup was acquired by Google in Oct 2007 with much fanfare. Google stated at the time that “Activity streams and mobile presence are important areas where we believe Google [...]

By: Twitter-ing in the Enterprise - are we kidding? at Cynapse Blog

Twitter-ing in the Enterprise - are we kidding? at Cynapse Blog — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:34:19 +0000

[...] has become quite a rage these days. Twitter, identi.ca, Jaiku (now acquired by google) are microbloging services that have seen a viral adoption growth since the last couple of [...]

By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Jaiku starts to re-emerge, opens unlimited invites

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:27:04 +0000

[...] which at one point threatened Twitter to become the pre-eminent micro blogging tool because Google bought it – has now moved to a Google data center in preparation for its “transition” to the [...]

By: Google’s Plans for Jaiku | Community Site News

Google’s Plans for Jaiku | Community Site News — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:58 +0000

[...] week. He seemed quite calm but I bet he was just bursting to shout about all this! Read more at Techcrunch, New York Times, Mashable and the official announcements from Google and Jaiku. Bookmark [...]

By: Community Site - Blog Archive » Google’s Plans for Jaiku

Community Site - Blog Archive » Google’s Plans for Jaiku — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:19:20 +0000

By: visible.mobi

visible.mobi — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:11:59 +0000

Google is being very aggresive in mobile space.

By: Google har köpt Jaiku « Fyra nyanser av brunt

Google har köpt Jaiku « Fyra nyanser av brunt — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:20:28 +0000

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By: Google gobbling « The lost outpost

Google gobbling « The lost outpost — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:39 +0000

[...] 10th, 2007 · No Comments Google’s acquisition of Jaiku came as a bit of a surprise to [...]

By: Jaiku blir del av Google at Teknobabbel

Jaiku blir del av Google at Teknobabbel — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:50:18 +0000

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By: SharpDee

SharpDee — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:35:26 +0000

Jaiku will become “G”aiku anyway now. Google gets a good gPhone with a new service + GrandCentral’s VoIP solution. With the phone and gOS becoming powerful, google gets a foot in the door.

Used Nokia people from Jaiku to counter Symbian, i would say.

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By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:27:26 +0000

Though I understand that google wants to get nearer Nokia, a world-class mobile phones manufacturer, I don’t believe that it will refrain people from using Twitter.
Twitter does one thing and does it well.
FriendFeed does this other thing (called lifestreaming by Jeremy Keith) and does it well.
Jaiku does both. That may be a bit confusing for some users. Personally I use Twitter for shout-outs and FriendFeed for lifestreaming. Jaiku kinda does both and I don’t know how I feel about that.
I guess that while I don’t get cheaper mobile internet access I won’t enjoy Jaiku’s mobile client.

By: Himanshu

Himanshu — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:31:47 +0000

I am sure Google will add lot more to the current features. Looking forward for that.

By: David Stone

David Stone — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:52:44 +0000

“This is a fascinating move by Google which would have looked at Twitter prior to this acquisition, and Twitter’s recent $5 million series A funding last July.”

That’s a pretty big assumption in my books, care too go more in-depth Mike?

By: Google köper microbloggtjänsten Jaiku

Google köper microbloggtjänsten Jaiku — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:29:25 +0000

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By: Milan Dinić

Milan Dinić — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:37:58 +0000

What’s gonna happen to Twitter now?

They’ll be bought by Yahoo! or Microsoft

By: twopointouch : Integrating Twitter and Jaiku

twopointouch : Integrating Twitter and Jaiku — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:17:24 +0000

[...] seems like I’m not the only person who prefers Jaiku. [nb: Jyri Engestrom spoke at NMK Forum in June. We always knew he was destined for big [...]

By: The Mobile Web Tablet » Google Acquires Jaiku - GPhone puzzle soon complete?

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:41:37 +0000

[...] Updated: Techcrunch UK has more. [...]

By: Dino

Dino — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:09:40 +0000

Jaiku was founded in February, 2006, one month before Twitter, and launched a service that July.

I didn’t know Jaiku came first. Why did Google chose Jaiku? What’s gonna happen to Twitter now?

By: Tyler Reed » Blog Archive » Jaiku Bought By Google, Twitter Next?

Tyler Reed » Blog Archive » Jaiku Bought By Google, Twitter Next? — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:42:38 +0000

[...] Update: More coverage over TechCrunch and TechCrunch UK. [...]

By: Twittoogle

Twittoogle — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:01:29 +0000

[...] Techcrunch UK are reporting that Twitter clone Jaiku has been bought by Google. Jaiku have closed new-user signups while they [...]

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:59:13 +0000

Maybe this has something to do with the team over at Twitter. Haven’t most of them been through the googleplex on previous startups and therefore no value to google.

so whos gonna buy twitter? can we through facebook into the mix

By: Google kauft Twitter-Konkurrent Jaiku » Beitrag » zweinull.cc

Google kauft Twitter-Konkurrent Jaiku » Beitrag » zweinull.cc — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:58:02 +0000

[...] erwirbt den aus Finnland stammenden Twitter-Konkurrenten Jaiku. Das berichtet TechCrunch. Über die Kaufsumme wurde nichts bekannt. Folgendes Statement der beiden Jaiku-Gründer findet [...]

By: Steve Bowbrick

Steve Bowbrick — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:40:39 +0000

Fascinating. I would generally discount the purist talk about Jaiku’s extra elegance, completeness etc. There’s lots of evidence that customer choice has hardly anything to do with these factors. Jaiku is hyper-finished, kind of aseptic. And the freight of extra features won’t translate into popular success. Having said that, it is really cool and plugging it into gmail, gtalk etc. really makes sense so I guess it’ll be massive.

BTW, another site I use and like but which seems to have disappeared into the Googleplex is Jot.com. What’s going on there?

By: Google buys social mobile startup Jaiku

Google buys social mobile startup Jaiku — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:37:24 +0000

[...] More coverage on TechCrunch UK. [...]