Jaiku, one of 3 leading "microblogging" sites, was
acquired by Google today (I read it
here on TC UK first today. Interesting after the $5m investment in competitor Twitter...who are they going to be sold to now
Sadly, Jaiku's terms are unreleased, but this is no doubt good news for the founders Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen.
Having met Jyri and had a few good conversations with him I think Google have bought not so much a microblogging service (lets be honest - they are not that difficult to replicate) but some very thoughtful mental horsepower. I hope they use it well.