Jaiku

Infobox_Company
company_name = Jaiku
company_
company_type = Online Microblogging service | company_slogan = "Your Conversation" | foundation = February 2006| location = Flagicon|Finland Helsinki, Finland | industry = Online Services | homepage = [http://www.jaiku.com/ www.jaiku.com] |

Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. [cite web|url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2186676,00.asp|title=Jaiku (review) |publisher=PC Magazine|date=2007-09-21|accessdate=2008-01-24] Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström [cite web|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/11/01/8392020/|title=Tracking Your Buddy List|publisher=CNN|date=2007-02-16|accessdate=2008-01-24] and Petteri Koponen from Finland [cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/138385/wall_street_beat_google_vmware_business_objects_shine.html|title=Wall Street Beat: Google, VMware, Business Objects Shine|publisher=PC World |date=2007-10-12|accessdate=2008-01-24] and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.jaiku.com/help/google|title=Google Buys Software Firm|date=2007-10-10|accessdate=2008-01-24] It is currently a closed-beta service and people who wish to sign up have to wait for an account to become available.

History

Jaiku was created in February 2006 and formed Jaiku Ltd. Jaiku is based in Helsinki. [cite web|url=http://www.jaiku.com/help/google|title=Google Buys Software Firm|date=2007-10-10|accessdate=2008-01-24] Jaiku founders came up with the name Jaiku because the posts on Jaiku resemble Japanese haiku. Also, the nomadic Sami people of Finland share stories by singing joiks.

oftware

Jaiku is written in Twisted, a Python-based framework. [cite web |url= http://jaiku.com/channel/python/presence/4859003|title=most of jaiku's stuff is written in python using twisted|accessdate=2007-11-19]

Jaiku is compatible with Nokia S60 platform mobile devices through its Jaiku Mobile client software. The software allows users to make posts through the software onto their Jaiku page. [cite web|url= http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/jaiku_launches.html |title=Jaiku Launches at ETel |publisher=radar.oreilly.com |accessdate=2007-05-10] Jaiku released their API, which allows programmers to make their own third party software components. [cite web|url= http://jaiku.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/factsheet_jaiku.pdf |title=Fact Sheet |publisher=jaiku.com |accessdate=2007-05-10] One of the main differences between Jaiku and its competitor Twitter is Lifestream, an internet feed that shares users online activities utilizing other programs such as flickr for photos, last.fm for music, and location by mobile phone. [cite web |url= http://us.intruders.tv/Essential-Web-07-Interview-with-Jaiku-co-founder-Jyri-Engestrom_a93.html|title=Essential Web 07: Interview with Jaiku co-founder Jyri Engestrom|accessdate=2007-10-16]

ee also

* Identi.ca
* Plurk
* Pownce
* Twitter
* TWiT Army

References

External links

* [http://www.jaiku.com Jaiku.com]