Jaiku Adds Instant Messaging to Enhance Online Conversation Threads, Group Discussions, and Content Sharing

Released on = August 30, 2007, 9:23 am

Press Release Author = Brian Solis / FutureWorks, Inc.

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = New IM bot enables direct microblog posts, comments,
channels discussions, and instant notification of new messages and comments

Press Release Body = HELSINKI, FINLAND - Aug. 30, 2007 -- Jaiku (www.jaiku.com), a
popular microblogging platform for lifestreaming, added Jabber-based instant
messaging capabilities to interact with the service and provide a new way for people
to communicate and share content in addition to the existing Web, iPhone and Nokia
Series 60 smart phone clients.

By adding jaiku@jaiku.com to their Jabber-based IM client (including Google Talk),
the new IM bot introduces the ability to instantly add and read new posts, comments,
channel messages, and also receive notifications of inbound responses directly.

Jaiku also lets users choose and receive pre-determined Web feeds from their friends
online activities via IM, for example, flickr photos from some contacts, updates
from specific blogs, Last.fm recently played tracks from others, etc.

Jaiku is the most versatile microblogging platform available today, allowing anyone
to easily post and discover new content in Jaiku's online community. It goes
several steps further than other presence applications by allowing readers to add
comments to individual posts and also allowing anyone to create, join and
participate in topic related channels.

Jaiku is also a hub for all important online activity. It creates a personal
lifestream by fetching the RSS feeds from other personal sources and broadcast it to
friends and contacts as it happens, such as when new videos are uploaded on YouTube,
business or personal blog posts are published, new social bookmarks are saved, or
even collect the status updates from other microblogs and presence apps. Jaiku also
recently introduced a Facebook widget for people to send updates directly from their
Facebook profile.

Third party developers have also extended Jaiku's functionality for all major mobile
and desktop platforms. Mobile users can access Jaiku via http://m.jaiku.com. The
Nokia WidSets mobile widget also powers over 300 phones including Blackberry.

About Jaiku
Based in Helsinki, Finland, Jaiku is the leading conversational microblogging
platform that enables users to post thoughts and ideas from web and mobile
applications, and comment on posts of business associates, friends, and family. The
free service offers the use of personality icons, the ability to share your
lifestream (webfeeds from Flickr, Del.icio.us, Google, Last FM and blogs), and
connectivity 24/7 from mobile and handheld devices. For more information visit
www.Jaiku.com.

Jaiku Contact:
Brian Solis
FutureWorks PR
408-428-0895
brian@future-works.com

Web Site = http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details = Brian Solis
FutureWorks PR
408-428-0895
brian@future-works.com

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