Google buys Jaiku

9 Oct 2007 - Jaiku, a popular activity stream and presence sharing service that works from the Web and mobile phones, has been bought by Google. The basic technology of Jaiku, the ContextPhone platform, was developed at HIIT and UH DCS in the Context project during 2002-2005. Jaiku, Ltd., was founded in February, 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen to commercialize the service. The service was released on the Web in July 2006.