Jaiku
Sign in to saveJaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter, founded a month before the latter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Jaiku
- Company.logo
- jaiku green logo.png
- Company.type
- Online microblogging service
- Company.foundation
- February 2006
- Company.defunct
- January 15, 2012
- Company.location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Company.industry
- Online services
- Company.homepage
- www.jaiku.com
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- Official website
- jaiku.com
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- inception
- 2006-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2012-01-15
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Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter, founded a month before the latter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007.
When Jaiku Ltd was an independent company, its head office was in Helsinki.
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