ICQ currently has 8 million active users every day on its network, and it is strongest outside the U.S., Arad said, adding that 80% of ICQ users aren't English speakers. The introduction of an open development platform to create instant messaging applications currently is unique in the market, analysts Michael Osterman, principal of Osterman Research and Genelle Hung, of The Radicati Group, said in separate interviews.ĪOL expects the Xtraz platform to attract new users drawn by the new functionality and to increase revenue as ICQ and its partners monetize the new services, AOL's Arad said. "This is pioneering in terms of its innovation," Arad said. It plans later on to let users develop applications and submit them to ICQ, which can make them generally available, he said. Initially, ICQ will work with partners to create Xtraz plug-in applications.
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The Xtraz applications reside on ICQ servers, allowing AOL to automatically deliver and update them without users having to do any downloads, he said.
Expected later this year are video sessions, more games, maps and personal finance plug-ins. Some Xtraz available at launch on Tuesday will include several games for both single and multiple users, a greeting-card sender and a feature for uploading photos. ICQ 4.0, which will be released Tuesday, features a development platform called Xtraz, which has an open API for the creation, delivery and automatic update of plug-in applications developed in HTML, DHTML (Dynamic HTML) and Macromedia's Flash, said Ronen Arad, ICQ director of product management. AOL has given its ICQ instant messaging service a significant revamping, including the ability for developers to create plug-in applications to extend ICQ's functionality, according to a company official.ĪOL has given its ICQ instant messaging service a significant revamping, including the ability for developers to create plug-in applications to extend ICQ's functionality, according to a company official.
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