Google compra Jaiku

Hace ya un tiempo Google compro Jaiku con el fin de extender sus redes un poco mas, viendo el exito que tuvieron los blogs y por consiguiente otra de sus compras (blogger) google decidio comprar Jaiku como su apuesta dentro del microblogging. Esto supuso un fuerte incremento en numero de usuarios de Jaiku, pero parece que el boom de la compra de google ha ido bajando.

Relacionado con todo esto os cuelgo el comunicado oficial que colgaron desde Jaikido los propietarios de Jaiku.

October 9th, 2007

Exciting news: Google has bought Jaiku today.

What does that mean? First and foremost, we’re of course continuing to support our existing users. So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, SMS, and API will continue to work normally.

That said, new user sign-ups have been limited for the time being. The idea here is to enable our team to get right to work with Google’s engineers on delivering a new, better service to you as quickly as we can instead of spending our efforts on optimizing the current back-end. Existing users will still be able to invite their friends, and those who are not yet on Jaiku can send us a request for an invitation to join.

We’ve put together a short FAQ about the acquisition, and we’ll continue to provide support on the #jaiku channel. But we’re eager to go beyond what’s there today, and build something completely new for you to enjoy. Take this as an invitation to join us on a journey to reinvent how you communicate and stay in touch with the people you care about.

Jyri, Petteri, and team