Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter.^[1] Jaiku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström^[2] and Petteri Koponen from Finland^[3] and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9, 2007.^[4]

When Jaiku Ltd was an independent company, its head office was in Helsinki.^[5]

History[link]

Jaiku was created in February 2006 by Helsinki-based Jaiku Ltd.^[6] The founders of Jaiku chose the name because the posts on Jaiku resemble Japanese haiku. Also, the indigenous Sami people of Finland have traditionally shared stories by singing joiks.

On January 14, 2009, it was announced that Google would be open-sourcing the product^[7] but would "no longer actively develop the Jaiku codebase" leaving development to a "passionate volunteer team of Googlers".^[8]

On March 12, 2009, Jaiku was re-launched on Google's App Engine platform^[9] and on March 13, 2009 the source code to JaikuEngine (the open source equivalent of the jaiku.com codebase) was released.^[10]

On October 14, 2011, Google announced they decided to shut down the Jaiku services by January 15, 2012.^[11]

On November 29, 2011, a group of former users launched Jaikuarchive.com – The Jaiku Presence archiver^[12] "to save an important part of our digital heritage".

Software[link]

Jaiku consisted of a website, a mobile website and a client application which acts as a replacement address book that runs on S60 phones.

Jaiku was compatible with Nokia S60 platform mobile devices through its Jaiku Mobile client software. The software allowed users to make posts through the software onto their Jaiku page.^[13] Jaiku released their API, which allowed programmers to make their own third party software components such as Feedalizr. One of the main differences between Jaiku and its competitor Twitter was Lifestream, an internet feed that shares users online activities utilizing other programs such as flickr for photos, last.fm for music, and location by mobile phone.^[14] Since Jaiku became open-source, the Lifestream function was removed.

See also[link]

	Finland portal
	Companies portal
	Google portal
	Internet portal

• Identi.ca
• Plurk
• Pownce
• Qaiku
• Twitter
• Social Network
• Comparison of microblogging services

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jaiku.com
• JaikuEngine
• JaikuEngine mailing list
• Jaikuarchive – Jaiku Presence archiver

Anna Ternheim
Anna Ternheim
Background information
Birth name	Anna Alexandra Ternheim
Born	(1978-05-31) 31 May 1978 (age 34) Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Anti-folk, Alternative, Indie rock, Acoustic, Blues
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Universal Music
Website	Template:Http://www.annaternheim.com/

Anna Ternheim (born 31 May 1978) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs in English.

Early life[link]

Ternheim was born 31 May 1978 in Stockholm, Sweden. When she was 10 years old she began playing the guitar, writing songs and performing. During a year abroad in Atlanta, Georgia, Anna created her first band "Sova," playing at smaller festivals and local clubs. Back in Stockholm she continued her song writing and later in Lausanne, Switzerland where she was performing while studying French^[1]

Career[link]

She released her debut album Somebody Outside in 2004.^[2] The Swedish Grammy jury awarded her the Best Newcomer of the Year award, and she was nominated for Best Female Artist, Best Lyricist and Best Songwriter in 2005. She also won the P3 Gold award for Best Newcomer 2004.

For her second album, Separation Road released on 27 September 2006, she was awarded Best Female Artist and Best Lyricist by the Swedish Grammy jury. Again she was nominated for Best Songwriter and Best Album. She received the award for Best Female Artist at the Swedish National Radio's P3 Gold Awards the same year.

Her debut US album, Halfway to Fivepoints, was released on 22 April 2008.

Her most popular songs include: "To Be Gone", "My Secret", "Girl Laying Down", "Today is A Good Day", and "Shoreline" (a Broder Daniel cover).^[3]

In 2010 her song "My Heart Still Beats for You" featured on season 7 of The CW's One Tree Hill.

The Ternheim song "Quiet Night" was used in the second series of the Swedish version of Wallander starring Krister Henriksson. On 18 December 2009, her song "No, I Don't Remember" was featured on an episode of Dollhouse entitled "The Attic". This song was featured in July 2010 on a new DLC episode, for the Xbox 360 videogame Alan Wake, entitled "The Signal".

Her fourth album, Leaving on a Mayday, was released on 11 August 2008. The album won Album of the Year at the 2009 Swedish Grammy Awards along with the award for Best Female Artist.^[4]

A new album, The Night Visitor, was released in Autumn 2011.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2004 - Somebody Outside
• 2006 - Separation Road
• 2008 - Halfway to Fivepoints
• 2008 - Leaving on a Mayday
• 2011 - The Night Visitor

EPs[link]

• 1996 - Sova
• 2003 - Anna Ternheim - demo
• 2004 - I'll Follow You Tonight
• 2004 - To Be Gone
• 2005 - My Secret
• 2005 - Shoreline
• 2007 - Lovers Dream & More Music for Psychotic Lovers
• 2007 - Anna Ternheim

Singles[link]

• 2004 - "To Be Gone"
• 2005 - "My Secret"
• 2006 - "Girl Laying Down"
• 2007 - "Today Is a Good Day"
• 2008 - "What Have I Done"
• 2009 - "Escape Into My Arms"
• 2009 - "Make It On My Own"

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Ternheim

• Official website
• Anna Ternheim on Myspace