ICQ, the resilient David Hasselhoff of instant messaging, is updating its app for Android and iOS, as well as its new Windows Phone version. The app already integrates with other platforms like Facebook, AIM and GTalk, but now it’ll bring photo and location sharing too, as well as better offline functions so you can read or compose messages without a connection. There’s also a new iPad version, although we’re not yet sure if it’s resolutionary. Either way, ICQ already boasts two million new active users since it launched on mobile platforms four months ago, so perhaps there’s room for another rockstar in this post-SMS world.

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