While you probably haven't thought about it in years, the first mainstream universal messenger app for the Mac and just about every other platform will finally be completely retired in June 2024.

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Uh-oh! It’s 20 years to the day since the introduction of one of the internet’s most well-remembered chat apps: ICQ. It was pretty barebones in its first form, released by its Israeli student creators ...

After nearly 28 years in operation, messaging service ICQ will cease operations on June 26, according to its current owners. You’d be forgiven for not realizing it still existed; the proto-IM service ...

In many ways, ICQ has always been a bit of a curiosity. It was one of the first major instant messenger clients of the 1990s. It saw broad uptake alongside the likes of AOL Instant Messenger and MSN ...

According to AFP, the announcement came via a message on ICQ's website on Wednesday, confirming the end of an era for the platform initially developed by Israeli programmers in 1996. ICQ, famously ...

Between ICQ and AOL dial-up, that pretty much defined how I liked to communicate in the evenings during my youth. Remember the AOL dial-up sound? Nostalgia awaits. Released in 1996 by Mirabilis, ICQ ...

It took AOL Time Warner's ICQ instant messenger service just four years to hit 100 million users, but AOL's dream of turning ICQ into a business has yet to materialize. The media giant on Wednesday ...

It’s done. AOL has officially sold instant messaging service ICQ to Russian investor DST for $187.5 million. In a release, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said “As AOL continues its turnaround effort, we’re ...

1. Reciting your ICQ number from memory was a fun way to flirt with girls! When you joined ICQ, you didn't sign in with an email address like on modern day instant messaging services. Oh no. You were ...

The ICQ messaging app is shutting down on June 26th, marking the end of a much-beloved communication application. Before there was AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or Discord (which came much ...