It was clear it was coming. And it is i think a good thing.
DST [major investor in Facebook, Zynga among others] is acquiring ICQ for $187m (about 3 times less than it was acquired as...)
I knew this was the most likely acquirer simply because ICQ has a very strong footprint in Russia thanks to a deal with Rambler, already owned by DST. But ICQ was already very strong prior to that Deal. Microsoft Messenger and others never really made it there and ICQ was one of the top downloads all categories included. So going to Russia is kind of logical.
Here is one of the rare Israeli Internet startups that could have become a real giant, moving as a subsidiary of another Giant.
Good news. But also a bad news.