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10.11.07
Jaiku - All About Mobile & Presence
 By
Neville Hobson
Since the news broke that Google has acquired Jaiku, every manner of opinion has surfaced on what it means, why they didn't buy Twitter, who will, etc.
Never heard of Jaiku? It's a micro-blogging tool. Or it's a presence indicator. Or it's an instant messaging application.
Here's Jaiku's own description:
Jaiku is an activity stream and presence sharing service that works from the Web and mobile phones. […] Jaiku is a way to connect with friends by sharing short messages called Jaikus. You can create your own stream of Jaikus and follow your friends.
In the ultimate compliment, here's the description on Wikipedia:
So it might help to know what Twitter is:
Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives. Friends near or far can use Twitter to remain somewhat close while far away. Curious people can make friends. Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are endless!
That makes sense and so it should be easy to understand what Jaiku is and how similar it and Twitter are.
With both, you can post your Tweets and Jaikus from the web using each service's own interface (or choose from an increasing number of third-party applications and services: I use Twitku, for instance, where I can post to both at the same time); from an instant messaging program; and from a mobile phone.
I sometimes use Twitter from my phone when I'm away from a computer. Twitter makes it very easy and cheap with local numbers (in the US, UK and some other countries). Jaiku doesn't - you have to SMS to a number in Finland. I wonder if that will quickly change under Google.
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There's one major difference between them both, though, and that is presence.
Jaiku includes the capability to show where you are at a given moment (think of Plazes to get an idea), something that many people find extremely useful, and which may provide one indicator of Google's interest.
All this illustrates that it's not easy to provide just a single definition of what a service like Jaiku is.
In essence, it's what you want it to be.
I signed up for Jaiku earlier this year (Twitter last December). I use Twitter more as more of my friends are on this service than on Jaiku. Plus Twitter's simplicity makes it far easier to use and to connect with others.
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About the Author:
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.
Neville is currentlly the VP of New Marketing at Crayon. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevilleHobson.com.
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