Instant messaging is a popular method of online communication, especially with the younger generation, but it is also starting to gain recognition among corporations. One program called ICQ has found a particular niche in the Czech market.
The name ICQ is derived from the phrase “I seek you.” It is an instant messaging (IM) program developed in Israel and bought by Internet firm AOL (formerly America Online) in 1998 for about $500 million (now Kč 9.1 billion/€ 340 million). Worldwide, ICQ has an estimated 4 million users, but what is surprising is that nearly half of them are in the Czech Republic. “ICQ has 1.8 million users in the Czech Republic, from which 900,000 use the Czech version of this software [distributed by Czech portal Atlas.cz],” said Martin Březina, marketing manager at Atlas.cz. The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Israel account for most ICQ users.
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Anyone will receive different kinds of offline and online messages from friends and acquaintances. Some would be links to other websites they have done, pictures or news feeds. But while these would be helpful in most cases, it would be best to first query the person and ask what the site is all about.
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Yahoo is building a new version of its Messenger communications service specifically for the Windows Vista operating system. Yahoo Messenger for Vista will be previewed Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and will be launched in public beta during the second quarter.
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