Indeed, ICQ was the last of the big-time 1990s IM clients standing. Today, messaging is dominated by mobile-first apps such as WeChat and Telegram.

ICQ predates other popular IM services like AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) which became synonymous with the instant messaging space. From the mid-90s up until the aughts, ...

There was a time when ICQ—that's "I Seek You"—was as ubiquitous as mIRC and a good FTP program. But after nearly three decades of operation (much of it, I'm sorry to say, in obscurity), the ...

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.

I think I stuck with ICQ as my go-to chat app for years until I stopped chatting online altogether. If I were growing up now, Discord would no doubt fill the same role that ICQ did—but I'm glad ...

At its peak, ICQ had around 100 million active users. It was later superseded by AOL IM, MSN Messenger, Google Talk and other chat apps. In its heyday, the service was so popular that the original ...

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 ...

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.

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.

ICQ, derived from the phrase "I seek you," was developed by Israeli company Mirabilis. It was then purchased by AOL and then by the Russian company Mail.Ru Group that's now known as VK, which has ...

ICQ, short for "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for instant messaging clients upon its arrival in November 1996. ICQ influenced many popular chat programs of the ...

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 ...