Qaiku
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Type of site | micro-bloggingandphoto sharing |
|---|---|
| Available in | English Finnish |
| Dissolved | October 15, 2012 |
| Owner | Rohea and Nemein |
| URL | Qaiku |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | March 2009 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Qaikuwas amicro-bloggingandlifestreamingservice comparable toTwitterandJaiku.[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 theirlanguage.It was shut down on October 15, 2012.
History
[edit]Qaiku was developed in winter 2009, by Rohea to provide an evolving replacement for theJaikuservice that had been seen as stagnating since it was bought byGoogleon October 9, 2007.[2]
The website launched on March 9, to an initially Finnish audience.[3]Later FinnishMidgardcompany 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 assoftware as a service.[6]
On October 7, 2009, Qaiku expanded withItalianandPolishversions.[7]
On September 21, 2012, Qaiku announced that it would be shutting down on October 15, 2012, for a variety of reasons.[8]
Software
[edit]Qaiku was awebsitethat has been built on top of theMidgardcontent management framework. It provides an optimized view for both desktop browsers and mobile browsers.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Antti Vilpponen (2009-03-11)."Qaiku - YAJC (Yet Another Jaiku Clone)".ArcticStartup. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-11.Retrieved2009-06-11.
- ^"Google Buys Software Firm".jaiku.2007-10-10. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-25.Retrieved2008-01-24.
- ^"Henri Bergius: why Qaiku might do what Twitter and Brightkite didn't".bergie.iki.fi.2009-06-09.Retrieved2009-06-11.
- ^"Nemein participates in Qaiku development".coss.fi.2009-03-13. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-06-29.Retrieved2009-06-11.
- ^"People needed for translating Qaiku interface".Qaiku.2009-07-29.Retrieved2009-07-31.
- ^Aleksi Moisio (2009-09-29)."Mikrobloggausalusta Qaiku tähtää nyt yrityksiin".digitoday.fi.Retrieved2009-10-26.
- ^"Great news. We now have Italian and Polish translations for Qaiku".Qaiku.2009-10-07.Retrieved2009-10-26.
- ^"Qaiku – What Can We Learn From Failure?".ArcticStartup.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-09-26.Retrieved2012-12-28.