Today it became known that ICQ had been sold to the DST investment fund (Digital Sky Technologies). The today’s price of ICQ is much less than it was earlier. Does it mean that ICQ and instant messengers are not so popular in modern web? Today’s web trends show that social networks and microblogging services are turning into the main web services. Can their mechanisms substitute instant messengers? The deal between DST and AOL, the former ICQ owner, awakes any questions on web trends and development path of modern Internet. Читать дальше »