Comments on: Will Google use Jaiku to kill Twitter?

By: cyberfanatic

cyberfanatic — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:36:37 +0000

This would NEVA happen. Dream on!

By: Friday Flashbacks: where do Seesmic, Jaiku and Mozilla Mobile stand now?

Friday Flashbacks: where do Seesmic, Jaiku and Mozilla Mobile stand now? — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:39 +0000

[...] about it. As far as I’m concerned, Jaiku fell off the grid and unless Google has some major plans with it, I suspect it won’t make any headlines [...]

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

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:25 +0000

[...] Jaiku looks like it will become another app in Google’s armoury, and possibly one which could seriously affect Twitter. However, it’s darn well taking its time… CrunchBase Information Jaiku Information [...]

By: Micro-blogging: When Does A Trickle Become A Flood? | Cheeze Blog

Micro-blogging: When Does A Trickle Become A Flood? | Cheeze Blog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:49:13 +0000

[...] Maybe not, according to Techcrunch, who see the Google acquisition of Jaiku as a stealth “Twitter-killer“. Confused as to the value of all this? You should be. Everyone [...]

By: Jason Brooks

Jason Brooks — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:35:48 +0000

Speaking about ‘whatever happened to? not baby Jane, we all know about her last ice-cream! But that little Parakey purchase by Facebook back on the 20th July 2007. Most importantly Blake Ross & Joe Hewitt are they still there?, Is their Web O/S still in development?? Would love to get a Butchers on that..

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:46:50 +0000

Whatever they do with it, I really hope they don’t re-name it as “friend” anything! Companies need to realise that IT departments often block URLs with words like “friend” & “mail” in them which prevents users from accessing them from the office.

I barely use Friendfeed for that exact reason, I can’t use it in the office so I’d rather make use of services such as Jaiku which I can, and then I forget to use the others when I am out of the office becuase there’s no need!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:06:34 +0000

Yeah, the same way Google used Orkut to kill MySpace (not…)

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:53:25 +0000

It’s taken far to long to make this happen. I get the impression that it’s not been given the attention it deserves by google but even if it is I don’t hold much hope for the end product.

I’m a fan of a lot of googles stuff, obviously the search is great and gmail I love. Some of there other products though are executed terribly. Picasa Web Albums, Orkut, Froogle, Checkout… even Google Docs isn’t too hot when you stand it next to Zoho.

If google pile on the features it’s creeping towards facebook/myspace territory and I think that is where the mainstream will always be… at least for a long time. I don’t think there will ever be truly mainstream simple microblogging in the form of twitter and jaiku. I think twitter has done well to get this far. (especially when you consider that facebooks new interface will be treading on twitter and friendfeeds toes considerably when it arrives)

The microblogging service that excites me the most is Laconica. You yourself must have seen how quickly new features have been arriving at identi.ca. I think this will be able to fill the void left when Google finally swallows Jaiku. I’m not for a second suggesting it can kill twitter, or even scratch it but I think that is where the Jaiku community will go when the time comes. I know that’s where I’ll be.

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:39 +0000

Conor O’Neill – Yeah, I know Jaiku had these functions before, but, yes I should have mentioned it. But this is my point – it’s almost certain to be offered to Gtalk users and appear in Android. Whether they will keep the name though, I doubt.

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:26:14 +0000

Ehhhhhhh “with FriendFeed features like threaded conversations, public and private messaging and Groups.”.

Threads been there since day 1, groups added a bit before the Google acquisition.

Jaiku’s problem has never been features, it’s been growing the userbase. At this point, unless it is somehow offered to all GTalk users or is a pre-install on Android, sadly it’ll have the same global success as Orkut.

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aytug akdogan ödüllü 1. seo yarışması ve yurtta barış dünyada barış — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:34:31 +0000

Google can beat Twitter easily with its power,and this issue is not regarded as a problem..

By: David Stone

David Stone — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:02:01 +0000

Mike, you might be interested in my blog post from a while back:
http://builtbydave.co.uk/2008/04/13/google-application-engine-vs-facebook-f8/

Didn’t realize folks thought Jaiku was dead.. I thought they were pretty public about still working on things.. maybe I missed the “NDA”?

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:39:53 +0000

James Whatley – In which case you’re clearly an insider. Thanks for confirming the story then.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:22:25 +0000

Regular Jaiku users and fans/friends of Jyri’s have ‘known’ about this for AGES!

By: chrisco

chrisco — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:07:30 +0000

RE Dimitris’ comment. Jaiku is to Twitter as Gmail was to Hotmail. Could easily happen. Google will have the uptime. And they have the distribution to bring the concept to the masses. To me, that’s a pretty likely scenario. I wonder if Twitter’s most recent round of investors thought of that. Oops.

By: Novo Jaiku poderá enfrentar Twitter e FriendFeed | Manoel Franklin

Novo Jaiku poderá enfrentar Twitter e FriendFeed | Manoel Franklin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:47:02 +0000

[...] informações do blog TechCrunch UK, o Google pode estar desenvolvendo de forma silenciosa uma nova versão do Jaiku que poderá [...]

By: Dimitris

Dimitris — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:10:42 +0000

Thanks for the insights Mike!

However, i think twitter can still survive a jaiku-google competitor because:

1. as previously mentioned most likely google will offer different features and users will pick what suits them and

2. twitter will probably win simplicity-wise.

3. the twitter community will have some inertia in moving to another network which will buy twitter time to finish solving its scaling issues.

all in all, its pownce that should worry more i think.

By: chrisco

chrisco — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:16:12 +0000

Very interesting (and cool). I saw Jyri give a great talk at Reboot in Copenhagen last month… jetlag aside, he seemed pretty energized. He definitely had his party hat on at the Flash Party the developed Friday night. The link to my website is my Reboot blog posting and photos, including of his talk and then a vector of him at the after party (in the white hoodie).

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Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:08:07 +0000

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By: Anthony Beal

Anthony Beal — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:59:02 +0000

“it seems Jaiku is about to be re-born inside Google as a Twitter killer, along with FriendFeed features like threaded conversations, public and private messaging and Groups” Isn’t the beauty of Twitter its simplicity? Therefore the Google service with all its bells and whistles would miss the point.

By: Titanas

Titanas — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:16:53 +0000

That makes sense, plus the addition of Lively just fits. Micro blogging, Gtalk, 3D personas all within the browser from Google

By: Raphael

Raphael — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:07:02 +0000

That added that Google also has Gtalk installed on millions of computers to accelerate distribution (GTalk could easily embed “Twhirl like” capabilities)…

By: Scott Rafer

Scott Rafer — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:06:36 +0000

Given the wasted Dodgeball opportunity, I’ll believe it when I see it.