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AOL sells off ICQ for $187.5 million

article published on 28 April, 2010

AOL has sold one of the pioneers of instant messaging, ICQ, to Digital Sky Technologies Limited (DST) for $187.5 million USD. Despite losing popularity in the United States to other services such as MSN Messenger and AIM, ICQ remains the most popular IM service in Russia and other smaller international markets. "The acquisition of ICQ is a strategic enhancement of our business in Russia ... [ read the full article ]

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Josipher
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_ 		29. April 2010 @ 20:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it was popular maybe 8 years ago in israel..far less active users nowadays.
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dablur
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_ 		1. May 2010 @ 04:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Seriously, how is ICQ worth that much money?
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Mr-Movies
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_ 		1. May 2010 @ 17:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I agree what is DST thinking I can see buying ICQ but not for that kind of money.
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