You may recall some months ago that the instant social messaging service Jaiku was bought and absorbed into the bosom of Google... and promptly went into hibernation. Well with spring on the way, boss Jyri Engestrom has blogged that Jaiku will rise again under the new Google App Engine. It's still being developed, but watch this space.

It's not surprising that the Python powered Google AppEngine will be a natural fit for Jaiku - AppEngine is designed to easily sale for internet applications, and it's clear that Jaiku needs that extra scale. And of course the original Jaiku was programmed in Twisted, a network framework around Python.

Jaiku will be fully deployed on the Google App Engine in the near future. Andy & co. are working hard to ensure the port is a success and we will make a further announcement once the port has been completed.

Full blog post here.