What a Difference a Week Makes to the Buzz around Jaiku

2 replies · 2,391 views · Started 11 February 2010

slitchfield 11 Feb 2010, 15:03

By now you’ll have spotted the impact that Google Buzz has had on the web; but I was struck by something that had flown past my browser on Monday. It was an article by Zach Epstein on “Know your Cell” about the missed opportunity Google had with Jaiku and its founder, Jyri Engestrom – who up until his departure was the Product Manager for what was to become Buzz. Read on for a few dots-joining thoughts...

Read on in the full article.

rexdude 11 Feb 2010, 15:48

..and had a full fledged S60 client with addressbook integration. Similar to what Ovi Contacts tries to do. Google killed off the mobile client the moment they acquired it 😡

seki 11 Feb 2010, 22:06

Siri .. http://siri.com .. currently limited to the US and to the iPhone 3GS .. but you can imagine how useful it might be worldwide.

doubtless Google has far greater resources than this start-up but the concept is pretty clever.