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1. www.theverge.com › 2024/5/25 › 24164579ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years - The Verge

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   May 25, 2024 · AOL actually offered over $150 billion in stock for Time Warner’s assets. Russian owner VK has announced that ICQ will shut down on June 28th after nearly 28 years.

2. www.zdnet.com › article › icq-rip-why-all-instantRIP, ICQ: Why all instant messaging disappears (in the end)

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   May 29, 2024 · Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ...

3. www.idropnews.com › news › remember-icq-its-stillRemember ICQ? It’s Still Around — But Not For Much Longer

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   May 27, 2024 · ICQ was a simple and more graphically rich app that could run independently of monolithic internet services like AOL which dominated much of the internet at that time. ICQ was free to download,...

4. www.reddit.com › r › ICQAnyway to get my old ICQ account back? : r/ICQ - Reddit

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   It was purchased by AOL for $407 million in 1998. AOL sold ICQ to DST for $187.5 million on April 28, 2010. Just tried https://web.icq.com/ , my old UIN still works (also from late 90s, and I haven't logged in for over 15 years). Had to dig out my UIN and password from keepass database.

5. www.youtube.com › watchThe Rise and Fall of ICQ (AOL Instant Messenger) - YouTube

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   Discover the end of an era as ICQ, the once-popular messenger platform, shuts down after 28 years of online communication. Join us for a tech throwback as we...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ICQICQ - Wikipedia

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   In 2002, AOL Time Warner announced that ICQ had been issued a United States patent for instant messaging. ICQ 2002 was the last completely advertising-free ICQ version. ICQ Pro 2003b was the first ICQ version to use the ICQ protocol version 10. However, ICQ 5 and 5.1 use version 9 of the protocol. ICQ 2002 and 2003a used

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   Is ICQ free?

   • ICQ was free to download, and free to use. It had apps for Windows, Mac, and even Linux, the Palm Pilot, and other early smartphone platforms like Symbian and Windows CE. An ICQ iPhone app eventually appeared on the App Store after it opened in 2008, but it was pulled a couple of years ago.

   Remember ICQ? It’s Still Around — But Not For Much Longer

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   Is ICQ still a IM client?

   • Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly short for "I Seek You") was still around. Back in 1996, though, ICQ was the IM client.

   RIP, ICQ: Why all instant messaging disappears (in the end)

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   Which ICQ Version was the last completely advertising-free version?

   • ICQ 2002 was the last completely advertising-free ICQ version. ICQ Pro 2003b was the first ICQ version to use the ICQ protocol version 10. However, ICQ 5 and 5.1 use version 9 of the protocol. ICQ 2002 and 2003a used version 8 of the ICQ protocol. Earlier versions (ICQ 2001b and all ICQ clients before it) used ICQ protocol version 7.

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   Does ICQ accept a phone number as a login?

   • The Android app and web.icq.com only seem to accept a phone number as a login I tried the web version, using login and password. The login is my old ICQ number from the 90s, and by some miracle I managed to remember my password. And voilà! I have all my contacts, but the chat history is totally gone... = (

   Anyway to get my old ICQ account back? : r/ICQ - Reddit

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   Does ICQ still exist?

   • While it’s been superseded in most people’s minds by other more popular services like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger, you may be surprised to find out that ICQ has actually survived all these years — I know I was. For those unfamiliar, ICQ (an acronym of sorts for “I Seek You”) was the first mainstream universal instant messaging app.

   Remember ICQ? It’s Still Around — But Not For Much Longer

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   Does ICQ have ads?

   • An ICQ iPhone app eventually appeared on the App Store after it opened in 2008, but it was pulled a couple of years ago. Plus, as unbelievable as it sounds in today’s heavily ad-supported world, ICQ didn’t have any ads at all, at least not for the first few years of its life.

   Remember ICQ? It’s Still Around — But Not For Much Longer

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8. daringfireball.net › linked › 2024/06/01Daring Fireball: ICQ Is Shutting Down (Also: ICQ Is Still Around)

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   Jun 1, 2024 · On Friday, the ICQ website posted a simple message: “ICQ will stop working from June 26.” It now recommends users migrate to the messaging platforms from VK, the Russian social media company that acquired ICQ from AOL in 2010, but under a different corporate name.