ICQ: Before WhatsApp
In short: ICQ, short for 'I Seek You', was available by the mid-1990s and had an estimated 12 million users when AOL announced it was buying its Israeli maker, Mirabilis. Some ideas from earlier instant messaging, such as showing who is available, still appear in messaging apps today.
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Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica”; Wired, “AOL Grabs ICQ Firm”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Wired — AOL Grabs ICQ Firm · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Wired: AOL Grabs ICQ Firm
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