Google Buys Jaiku!

Posted on October 9, 2007
Filed Under Google, business, microblog, social network, software, web 2.0 |

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If you’re interested in microblogging ala Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, you might be interested to know that Google purchased Jaiku today. Besides making all the Jaiku employees dance around in celebration of their upcoming stock options, this could mean something big. Other smart folks are talking about it too:

This could mean some serious improvements in the way Google IM works. Jaiku’s functionality, if added to gchat, could mean that you could sort your friends, send chat via SMS or a web interface not attached to Gmail. I’m imagining the implications of integrating Jaiku into Gmail and it’s making my head spin a bit. Though, I don’t think any of us should hold our breath. It could be quite a while before Google does anything with Jaiku. Keep your eye on it!

Comments

4 Responses to “Google Buys Jaiku!”

  1. Kevin Makice on October 9th, 2007 6:38 pm

    Holy Cow! It’s nice to be at the top of that list. If only it were Technorati’s rankings …

    Thanks for the plug.

  2. Graham Mills on October 10th, 2007 1:31 am

    I believe the traditional way of misspelling Guardian is Grauniad, an allusion to the large number of typos that used to occur in the print edition.

  3. admin on October 10th, 2007 5:08 am

    Thanks for the correction, Graham. All fixed now.
    Kevin, your blog has been the most insightful I’ve seen so far. Of course I’d put you at the top! Not to say that OReilly’s commentary isn’t really useful too.

  4. admin on October 10th, 2007 6:14 am

    Loose Wire has a great commentary too!
    http://www.loosewireblog.com/2007/10/google-jaiku-it.html

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