ICQ Returns
Posted by Maija Heard in Facebook, ICQ, Twitter
ICQ used to be one of the most popular instant messaging networks, now hardly anyone uses it. ICQ just released a new version ICQ 7, which integrates updates from Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Flickr and Youtube. However, ICQ does not do a great job at integrating any of the social networking sites. For example, on Facebook you can like your own updates, but not your friends. ICQ is promoting that they offer a service that allows for a person to not have to open several browsers at once. Yet, they do not offer all of the amenities that the other social networks do, so the person would still need to login into their other account. Also, ICQ 7's installation procedure wants to change your default search engine to ICQ Search and install the ICQ toolbar. One positive aspect of ICQ is that it allows for someone to post an update to all of these networks simultaneously. Basically, the negatives definitely outweigh the positives and there should be no reason to install ICQ 7.