Qaiku was a micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter and Jaiku.[1] It allowed users to post short text or picture messages that other users can then post comments on. In comparison to Twitter and Jaiku, Qaiku had a multilingual focus, with all messages marked and searchable based on their language. It was shut down on October 15, 2012.
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Type of site | micro-blogging and photo sharing |
|---|---|
| Available in | English Finnish |
| Dissolved | October 15, 2012 |
| Owner | Rohea and Nemein |
| URL | Qaiku.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | March 2009 |
| Current status | Defunct |
History
editQaiku was developed in winter 2009, by Rohea to provide an evolving replacement for the Jaiku service that had been seen as stagnating since it was bought by Google on October 9, 2007.[2]
The website launched on March 9, to an initially Finnish audience.[3] Later Finnish Midgard company Nemein joined the project.[4]
On July 29, 2009, translation of the website to new languages was opened to external contributors to enhance the multilingual appeal of the site.[5]
In September 2009, Qaiku team announced that there will be a version of Qaiku targeted at organizational microblogging provided as software as a service.[6]
On October 7, 2009, Qaiku expanded with Italian and Polish versions.[7]
On September 21, 2012, Qaiku announced that it would be shutting down on October 15, 2012, for a variety of reasons.[8]
Software
editQaiku was a website that has been built on top of the Midgard content management framework. It provides an optimized view for both desktop browsers and mobile browsers.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Antti Vilpponen (2009-03-11). "Qaiku.com - YAJC (Yet Another Jaiku Clone)". ArcticStartup. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Google Buys Software Firm". www.jaiku.com. 2007-10-10. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- ^ "Henri Bergius: why Qaiku might do what Twitter and Brightkite didn't". bergie.iki.fi. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Nemein participates in Qaiku development". www.coss.fi. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "People needed for translating Qaiku interface". Qaiku.com. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ Aleksi Moisio (2009-09-29). "Mikrobloggausalusta Qaiku tähtää nyt yrityksiin". www.digitoday.fi. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ "Great news. We now have Italian and Polish translations for Qaiku". Qaiku.com. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ "Qaiku.com – What Can We Learn From Failure?". ArcticStartup. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-12-28.