Like AIM, the ICQ software lets people send text messages to other ICQ members in real time. However, it also contains features commonly found on the Web such as a search engine, email and tie-ins ...

The ICQ client application, which debuted in November 1996, was available for free download. The platform stood out as one of the earliest standalone instant messenger (IM) applications.

Russian owner VK has announced that ICQ will shut down on June 28th after nearly 28 years. The instant messaging service was basically gone already. Skip to main content ...

ICQ was bought by AOL in 1998 and by the Mail.Ru Group (now VK) ... And now another one of the big names in the IM space two decades ago is going. We're all the better for it, ...

ICQ was so revolutionary and popular at the end of the 1990s because it was so simple and worked so well. The name stands for "I seek you": I'm looking for you.

NeuStar has revealed that it has mobilised ICQs Instant Messaging solution in Israel for Partner Communications, part of the Orange group. The partnership capitalises on the popularity of the ICQ IM ...

May 27, 2024 11:28:00 The instant messenger 'ICQ,' known for its 'Ah-Oh!' slogan, will shut down on June 26, 2024, bringing an end to its 28-year history.

In 2010, VK bought ICQ with the goal of revitalizing it since the instant messaging app had been quite popular in Russia. VK developed mobile versions of ICQ, which helped the client grow in 2014.

SINGAPORE — Many young internet users today may not have heard of ICQ, but back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was just about the biggest online messaging platform around. For a ...

At almost 28 years old, ICQ (pronounced I seek you) would seem fairly young by human standards. But among instant messaging platforms, it is a dinosaur, preceding even Yahoo Messenger and AOL ...