Jaiku - Twitter Alternative

Microblogging is becoming increasingly popular, and the most famous service for broadcasting short text messages to a wide audience is Twitter . However, Twitter has a number of restrictions, including a limit on the maximum message length of 140 characters. It is not surprising, therefore, that new microblogging programs are appearing on the Internet. One of the new alternatives is called Jaiku (“yayku”), this is a Finnish startup. Actually, “yayko” is depicted on their logo.



Like other microblogging services, Jaiku broadcasts short text messages through all possible communication channels, including IM and SMS. The so-called “flow of life” allows the user to always stay “in touch” with his online “friends” and always be aware of what is happening at the moment.

A distinctive feature of Jaiku is that the author can diversify his text translation with small photos and emoticons, as well as set the background color for the microblog. Formally, Jaiku also sets a limit on the maximum message length of 140 characters, but in practice you can connect comments of unlimited length to each message.
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In addition, Jaiku has open Jaiku APIs , so independent developers can create their own applications based on this service.

via 901am