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     • ICQ was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase "I Seek You". [ 1 ] Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought by AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group (now VK) in 2010.
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   What is ICQ software?

   • ICQ, Internet instant messaging software popular in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ICQ was created in 1996 by Mirabilis, an Israeli software company, which was acquired in 1998 by America Online, Inc., which sold it in 2013. Learn more about ICQ in this article.

   ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   What is ICQ & how does it work?

   • ICQ was among the crop of early instant messenger services, like AOL Instant Messenger or MSN Messenger, that allowed for real-time chats. It differed from others by assigning users a number they would use to connect to one another, as opposed to aliases or email addresses.

   ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years - The Verge

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   What does ICQ stand for?

   • ICQ was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase "I Seek You". [ 1 ] Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought by AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group (now VK) in 2010. [ 2 ]

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   When did ICQ start?

   • But in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it simultaneously laid the groundwork for direct messaging and social networking as we came to know it in the post-Facebook era. ICQ was something of an accident, as popular as it became. Created by four Israeli computer geeks, it wasn't even meant to be the original idea.

   RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its

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   What's new in ICQ 6?

   • ICQ 6, released on April 17, 2007, was the first major update since ICQ 4. The user interface has been redesigned using Boxely, the same rendering engine used in AIM Triton. This change adds new features such as the ability to send IMs directly from the client's contact list.

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   Does ICQ still work?

   • See our ethics statement. Your ICQ number is finally shuffling off to the great beyond. Russian company VK, which has been the service’s steward since 2010, published a message Friday that simply reads, “ICQ will stop working from June 26th,” and implores users to switch to its other chat solutions.

   ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years - The Verge

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   May 25, 2024 · Your ICQ number is finally shuffling off to the great beyond. Russian company VK, which has been the service’s steward since 2010, published a message Friday that simply reads, “ICQ will stop...

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

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   May 29, 2024 · ICQ was something of an accident, as popular as it became. Created by four Israeli computer geeks, it wasn't even meant to be the original idea. In the wake of the Netscape IPO, which heralded...

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5. appleinsider.com › articles › 24/05/25The end of an era: ICQ Messenger retires after 28 years

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   May 25, 2024 · Twenty-eight years is a long time for an net-based app to survive. For many early internet adopters, ICQ — "I Seek You" — was their introduction to large-scale, real-time social...

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   The user interface has been redesigned using Boxely, the same rendering engine used in AIM Triton. This change adds new features such as the ability to send IMs directly from the client's contact list. ICQ has recently started forcing users of v5.1 to upgrade to version 6 (and XP).

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   ICQ, Internet instant messaging software popular in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ICQ was created in 1996 by Mirabilis, an Israeli software company, which was acquired in 1998 by America Online, Inc., which sold it in 2013. Learn more about ICQ in this article.

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8. www.theregister.com › 2024/05/31 › nina_saving_icqICQ may shut down, but Nina may yet resurrect it - The Register

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   May 31, 2024 · More ambitious is a project called NINA which is hoping to open a whole range of them: AOL, MSN, Yahoo! and ICQ, among others. It's backed by a company called Level Leap, which describes itself as a medical software company specializing in the cloud.

9. www.pcmag.com › news › icq-one-of-the-oldest-instantICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down

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   May 24, 2024 · ICQ, which stands for "I Seek You," was originally developed at an Israeli company called Mirabilis before AOL bought it in 1998 for $407 million.