I seek you!

     By April

Do you still remember ICQ?

Properly, the post-80s will know that, it is one of our collective memories, isn't it?

ICQ is a first developed and popularized instant messaging computer program, which was started by the Israeli company in 1996. However, in 2010, the acquired company America Online (AOL) sold ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies for $187.5 million.

Actually, ICQ is the English homonyms 'I seek you', while in Chinese mean '我找你'. It includes offline messaging, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, greeting cards, multiplayer games and a searchable user directory. Users can use emotions while chatting with other users. The popularity of using emoji might be started by ICQ.

However, due to emerge of other competitive instant messaging programs, like MSN and Skype, making a significant decrease of ICQ users. According to the development of electronic generation, ICQ also provided mobile apps on iPhone and Android since 2011. It is similar to the function of What's App, and made some of the user use it again.