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| Company type | Online microblogging service |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online services |
| Founded | February 2006 |
| Defunct | January 15, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Website | www.jaiku.com |
Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter,[1] founded a month before the latter.[2] Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström[3] and Petteri Koponen from Finland[4] and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007.[5][6]
When Jaiku Ltd was an independent company, its head office was in Helsinki.[7]
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- ^ Mike Butcher (9 October 2007). "Jaiku bought by Google". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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- ^ "Wall Street Beat: Google, VMware, Business Objects Shine". PC World. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-01-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Google Buys Software Firm". 2007-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- ^ "Jaiku bought by Google". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "About Jaiku.' Jaiku. 21 March 2007. Retrieved on 22 October 2011. "We're based in Helsinki, the capital of Finland up in the very north of Europe. The address of our office is Lönnrotinkatu 32 D 51, 00180 Helsinki, Finland."