ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, then bought by America Online, and since April 2010 owned by Digital Sky Technologies (Russia). The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase "I seek you". This is an adaptation of the Morse code callout "CQ", which means "calling any station".

ICQ Features:

ICQ features include sending text messages, offline support, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, resumable file transfers, greeting cards, multiplayer games and a searchable user directory.

With ICQ You Can:

• Chat with Facebook friends
  • Add your Facebook friends to your contact list and chat with them while their online in Facebook directly from your ICQ
• Get social
  • Get updates from social networks and chat with Facebook friends directly from your ICQ
• Express yourself
  • Update your status and share your favorite links and images through the new interface
• ICQ status box
  • Share pictures of yourself and others with the new ICQ picture sharing

Specific Features:

Meet People:

• People Search
• Dating Search

Stay Informed:

• Blogs
  • Browse and read many User Blogs or start your own.
• Groups
  • Search, join, or start your own Group!
  • ICQ groups allow you to connect with others that share your interests.
    • Find a topic that suits you and join now!
• Chats and Chatrooms
  • Join or follow many varying chats on a multitude of topics.
  • It's a good idea to "lurk" in a chatroom to see the topic and the "thread" before joining in.
    • Make sure people know you're a "newbie" (new comer) when joining in
    • People are mostly eager to help someone just starting out.

Have Some Fun:

• Greeting Cards (eCards)
  • Send virtual greeting cards from the Greetings section.
  • Choose from dozens of fun and professionally designed eCards!
  • Cards available for Holidays, Encouragement, Mini Game Cards, Express Yourself, Love and Romance, Celebrations, Birthdays and a ton more.
• NEW! Games Center
  • Choose from Action games, Games for Girls, Hot Games, Latest Games, Multi-Player Games, Online Multi-Player Games, Sports Games, Strategy Games, Time Out and the "Top 10 Games".
• ICQ "Fight"
  • It's a fun way to answer the question that has been bothering since 1st grade - we all know you're popular, but is there anyone more popular than you?
  •  Must interface with other ICQ Users currently online.

Downloads:

Now you can Chat with all your Facebook friends. Add your Facebook friends to your contact list and chat with them while their online in Facebook directly from your ICQ. Get updates from other social networks and chat with Facebook friends directly from your ICQ. Update your status and share your favorite links and images through the new ICQ status box. Share pictures of yourself and others with the new ICQ picture sharing tool. Here are some other neat features on ICQ!

• Main ICQ7 Interface
  • Now with Facebook Chat. Chat directly from ICQ with Facebook friends, post your status to Facebook and Twitter and get feeds from friends on various social networks.
• ICQ Skins
  • Change the look of your ICQ Application to suit your mood, country or sports team and much more.
• ICQ Toolbar
  • The ICQ Toolbar offers you the best of the web in one click: Quick search box, email notifications, map search, top rated videos and many more features that will make your search experience easier.
• ICQ2GO!
  • Chat with everybody, everywhere from any computer, anywhere! Now you can Chat with friends wherever you are, whether you're at school, out for coffee or on the road. Simply use any computer with web access and log into ICQ – no download required.
• ICQ Mobile
  • Download ICQ mobile, chat with friends wherever you are on your cellphone!

System Requirements for ICQ 7

• Active Internet Connection
• Windows 7, XP (Supports SP2), Vista
• Flash 9 (recommended – Flash 10)
• Pentium III 900 MHz at least, Pentium IV
• 50 MB of disk space
• 512 MB of available RAM
• Internet Explorer 7 or above, Firefox

Available languages:

• English, German, Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Turkish, Spanish, French, Czech, Ukrainian, Arabic, Portuguese, Belarusian, Chinese, Italian
• ICQ is also available for your iPhone, Java and Windows Mobile

ICQ7 was launched in 2010, and offers a single communication platform that combines the various user options: instant messaging services, free SMS from ICQ to mobile, voice and video communication. The software's new sound gallery was orchestrated by the Israeli psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom. Among the new additional features in ICQ7 are Quick IM, which allows users to send a short message without opening a conversation window, a "follow me" service directly to the user’s mobile, a multi-chat service and Zlango support, the animated icons language.

The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and ICQ became the first Internet-wide instant messaging service, later patenting the technology. AOL acquired Mirabilis on June 8, 1998, for US$407 million.

In April 2010, AOL sold ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies for $187.5 million. According to Time Warner, ICQ has over 100 million accounts registered.

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ICQ Chat Interface