Qaiku
Encyclopedia
Qaiku is a micro-blogging
and lifestreaming
service comparable to Twitter
and Jaiku
. It allows users to post short text or picture messages that other users can then comment. In comparison to Twitter and Jaiku, Qaiku has a multilingual focus, with all messages marked and searchable based on their language
.
service that had been seen as stagnating since it was bought by Google
on October 9, 2007.
The website launched on March 9 to an initially Finnish audience. Later Finnish Midgard
company Nemein joined the project.
On July 29, 2009 translation of the website to new languages was opened to external contributors to enhance the multilingual appeal of the site.
In September 2009 Qaiku team announced that there will be a version of Qaiku targeted at organizational microblogging provided as Software as a service
.
On October 7, 2009 Qaiku expanded with Italian
and Polish
versions.
that has been built on top of the Midgard
content management framework. It provides both a view optimized for desktop browsers and mobile browser view.
Micro-blogging
Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size...
and lifestreaming
Lifestreaming
The term lifestream was coined by Eric Freeman and David Gelernter at Yale University in the mid-1990s to describe "...a time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of your electronic life; every document you create and every document other people send you is stored in your lifestream...
service comparable to Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and Jaiku
Jaiku
Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year...
. It allows users to post short text or picture messages that other users can then comment. In comparison to Twitter and Jaiku, Qaiku has a multilingual focus, with all messages marked and searchable based on their language
Natural language
In the philosophy of language, a natural language is any language which arises in an unpremeditated fashion as the result of the innate facility for language possessed by the human intellect. A natural language is typically used for communication, and may be spoken, signed, or written...
.
History
Qaiku was developed in winter 2009 by Rohea to provide an evolving replacement for the JaikuJaiku
Jaiku is a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen from Finland and launched in July of that year...
service that had been seen as stagnating since it was bought by Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
on October 9, 2007.
The website launched on March 9 to an initially Finnish audience. Later Finnish Midgard
Midgard (software)
Midgard is an open source persistent storage framework. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard also ships with MidCOM content management system built on the Midgard framework...
company Nemein joined the project.
On July 29, 2009 translation of the website to new languages was opened to external contributors to enhance the multilingual appeal of the site.
In September 2009 Qaiku team announced that there will be a version of Qaiku targeted at organizational microblogging provided as Software as a service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
.
On October 7, 2009 Qaiku expanded with Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
versions.
Software
Qaiku is a websiteWebsite
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
that has been built on top of the Midgard
Midgard (software)
Midgard is an open source persistent storage framework. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard also ships with MidCOM content management system built on the Midgard framework...
content management framework. It provides both a view optimized for desktop browsers and mobile browser view.