Google acquires Jaiku for undisclosed amount
Posted on October 10, 2007 by John Breslin
It must be acquisition season: Google yesterday announced that they have acquired microblogging service Jaiku. Jaiku, founded by Jyri Engestrom (whose post on object-centered sociality I’ve referenced more than once!) and Petteri Koponen, is a direct competitor to Twitter, another popular microblogging service from the US.
Here is a copy of the blog announcement from [...]
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