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* '''title''': [[title::RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time]] | * '''title''': [[title::RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time]] | ||
* '''link''': [[URL::https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/rip-icq-remembering-a-classic-messaging-app-that-was-way-ahead-of-its-time/]] | * '''link''': [[URL::https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/rip-icq-remembering-a-classic-messaging-app-that-was-way-ahead-of-its-time/]] | ||
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* '''summary''': [[summary::{{fmt/quote|After nearly 28 years in operation, messaging service [[ICQ]] will cease operations on June 26, [https://web.archive.org/web/20240529002250/https://icq.com/desktop/en according to its current owners].}} ... {{fmt/quote|ICQ was eventually purchased by [[AOL]], and it lost ground to more heavily financially backed services like [[AIM]] and [[MSN]]. Then came [[MySpace]], [[Facebook]], [[social media]], [[iMessage]], and so on, leaving no more room for old ICQ. ''[/]'' In 2010, ICQ was acquired by a company that was then called [[Mail.ru]], a major [[Russia]]n Internet applications provider. That company eventually morphed and changed its name to [[VK]], and it has been keeping ICQ on life support as a sort of Russian [[Skype]] alternative since then.}}]] | * '''summary''': [[summary::{{fmt/quote|After nearly 28 years in operation, messaging service [[ICQ]] will cease operations on June 26, [https://web.archive.org/web/20240529002250/https://icq.com/desktop/en according to its current owners].}} ... {{fmt/quote|ICQ was eventually purchased by [[AOL]], and it lost ground to more heavily financially backed services like [[AIM]] and [[MSN]]. Then came [[MySpace]], [[Facebook]], [[social media]], [[iMessage]], and so on, leaving no more room for old ICQ. ''[/]'' In 2010, ICQ was acquired by a company that was then called [[Mail.ru]], a major [[Russia]]n Internet applications provider. That company eventually morphed and changed its name to [[VK]], and it has been keeping ICQ on life support as a sort of Russian [[Skype]] alternative since then.}}]] | ||
* '''author''': [[author::Samuel Axon]] | * '''author''': [[author::Samuel Axon]] | ||
* '''source''': [[source:: | * '''source''': [[source::Ars Technica]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:08, 28 February 2025
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- title: title::RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time
- link: URL::https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/rip-icq-remembering-a-classic-messaging-app-that-was-way-ahead-of-its-time/
- when: when posted::2024-05-29T21:33:01+00:00 (date posted::2024/05/29)
- topics: topic::ICQ topic::AOL topic::Mail.ru topic::VK topic::2024/06/26 topic::SaaS shutdown
- summary: [[summary::Template:Fmt/quote ... Template:Fmt/quote]]
- author: author::Samuel Axon
- source: source::Ars Technica
