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   The technology Mirabilis developed for ICQ was distributed free of charge. The technology's success encouraged AOL to acquire Mirabilis on June 8, 1998, for $287 million up front and $120 million in additional payments over three years based on performance levels. [12] In 2002 AOL successfully patented the technology. [13] [14]

2. 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 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...

3. arstechnica.com › gadgets › 2024RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ...

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   May 29, 2024 · ICQ was eventually purchased by AOL, and it lost ground to more heavily financially backed services like AIM and MSN. Then came MySpace, Facebook, social media, iMessage, and so on, leaving no...

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4. 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.

5. www.bleepingcomputer.com › news › softwareICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years - BleepingComputer

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   May 24, 2024 · Before there was AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or Discord (which came much later), there was a free messaging app called ICQ that over 100 million users used to coordinate plans, chat...

6. 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 · Stalwarts like AIM, which failed to adapt to mobile, saw their user base dwindle until AOL finally pulled the plug in 2017. Indeed, ICQ was the last of the big-time 1990s IM clients standing.

7. People also ask

   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 a free messaging app?

   • Before there was AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or Discord (which came much later), there was a free messaging app called ICQ that over 100 million users used to coordinate plans, chat about life, or communicate while playing online games.

   ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years - BleepingComputer

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   Why did AOL buy ICQ?

   • The number of users it was able to have globally was remarkable at the time, given that most users were on dial-up connections and DSL internet was brand new and limited to a handful of countries. AOL acquired ICQ from Mirabilis in 1998 for $407 million. In 2010, Mail.Ru, later renamed VK, acquired the platform because it was trendy in Russia.

   90s instant messaging service shuts down after 28 years — ICQ will stop

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   Does ICQ have a new X account?

   • ICQ now recommends its existing users migrate towards a Russian-based social media service, VK, which acquired this messaging system from AOL. VK did try to modernize ICQ by developing apps for Android and iOS but eventually gave up. Despite this announcement, ICQ's X account hinted at a return.

   90s instant messaging service shuts down after 28 years — ICQ will stop

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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.

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   May 25, 2024 · To its credit, ICQ was able to exist in some form, outlasting services offered by MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and social media sites like MySpace, Orkut, and Google.