Category Archives: Jaiku

Leo Laporte Quietly Abandons Jaiku, Comes Back To Twitter.

Update @ 11/12/07 ~ 1200h: Looks like Leo gives 10 reason why he’s back.  Nothing so far about his concerns about TWiT / Twitter confusion.
When Leo Laporte leapt from Twitter to Jaiku earlier this year, the blogosphere was in a bit of an uproar. I was. Sort of. And the reason was [...]

… But Is The World Ready For Mobile Lifestreaming? (Or Microblogging? Or Presence Management?)

So it looks like Google bought the ‘other’ ambient broadcasting / lifestreaming / presence management / microblogging tool, Jaiku today. Mind, like Mat Ingram, I haven’t actually tried Jaiku, but from all accounts it has a great many similarities to Twitter, although up until now, a fraction of the buzz (and possibly userbase as [...]