ICQ Shutdown Announced for June 26, 2024: Say Goodbye to the OG Instant Messenger
Jerusalem, Israel – ICQ, once a pioneer in the world of instant messaging alongside AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger, is set to shut down on June 26, 2024, after 27 years of service. The popular platform, originally launched by Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, gained widespread popularity before being acquired by AOL in 1998. Later, ICQ found itself under the ownership of Digital Sky Technologies (now VK), as the rise of Facebook and Google’s …