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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Headquarters
- Helsinki
- Owned by
- Parent organization
- Industry
- Internet
- Legal form
- limited company
- Official website
- jaiku.com
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- inception
- 2006-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2012-01-15
- language of work or name
- English language
- product or material produced
- microblogging
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Software
- Features
- See also
- References
- External links
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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