Jaiku.com

What is it?

Jaiku.com is an online social networking service that allows users to share their presence by broadcasting short messages called jaikus about what they are up to, how they are feeling, where they are going etc to a group of friends via Web and mobile. The messages are delivered instantly via Instant Messanging, RSS feeds, Mobile SMS etc to the users who have signed up to receive them. Jaiku gives you your own personal page at http://username.jaiku.com and you can customize your design, add icons, setup your location, share your web feeds.

Social Networking

Internet has turned into one of the social medias ever invented. Social Networking also known as Moblogging or microblogging has emerged as the next big thing on Internet. It has enabled communicating with lot of people from different parts of world all at once with the click of your mouse. It's all about you staying connected 24 hours. There are number of other social networking sites, such as hi5, dodgeball, twitter.

Is it Free?

Everyone can use Jaiku for free. In future they plan to offer pay-for features but the basic service will be free. But remember that if you choose to send or receive Mobile SMS messages, standard Operator SMS rates apply for using Jaiku Mobile. It all depends on your Mobile Plan.

Is it useful?

Anti-Bloggers may think that its for birds but It all depends on how you use it. After all, What most people want today is convergence.