This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Michael Kan, writing for PCMag: On Friday, the ICQ website posted a simple message: “ICQ will stop working from June 26.” It now recommends users migrate to the messaging platforms from VK, the Russian social media company that acquired ICQ from AOL in 2010, but under a different corporate name. It’s an unceremonious end for a software program that helped kick off instant messaging on PCs in the 1990s. 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. ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger. Those were the days. more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos and other embedded content.
Dang, I remember that little flower icon back in like 1997. Loved that app, but like above poster said, I thought it shut down when AOL IM kicked off by early 00s.
the last few weeks on aim, i dont think my friendlist was that active in over a decade. everyone just logging in to see whats going on. if i had any idea what my 4 billion digit ICQ # was, i might do the same. oh well.