Yahoo has agreed to shut down Internet chat rooms designed to promote sex between adults and children. The agreement with the attorneys general of New York and Nebraska is the first to institute ...

Yahoo lets you access Yahoo Messenger inside your browser-based Yahoo Mail inbox using the same Yahoo ID. Most of the basic chat functions built in to the stand-alone version of Yahoo Messenger are ...

Yahoo, the most-used Internet site, has shut down all its user-created Internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults were using the sites to try to have sex with minors. The giant Internet media ...

Yahoo has shut down dozens of Internet chat rooms after questions were raised about whether the sites were being used by adults to lure minors into sexual encounters. The portal also removed a feature ...

Yahoo has introduced a new version of its popular Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service that eliminates the need to download and install software. Still in the beta phase, the new “Yahoo Messenger ...

Instant messaging is easy in Yahoo chat since it's an integral part of Yahoo email. You can tell which of the contacts listed in your email account are available for Yahoo chat by looking at their ...

Reddit yanked a new chat room feature just a day after launch after an outcry from moderators. Quiptalk is a social networking app for communicating with friends in topical chat rooms. Its spotlight ...

Yahoo Mail and Messenger will power Nokia’s mobile mail and chat services starting later this year, the companies said during a press conference on Monday. It’s the latest change to Nokia’s Ovi ...

Yahoo Inc. has shut some Internet chat rooms after companies including PepsiCo Inc. and Georgia-Pacific Corp. pulled advertising, citing concerns that the sites were being used by adults to lure young ...

The company issues patches for its Yahoo Instant Messenger and Yahoo Chat clients in an effort to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the software. Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the ...

Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon's larger Oath company, has been struggling to remain relevant in Google's and Apple's world. A Yahoo! email address is now both a source of ridicule as well as ...

Yahoo has acquired a video chat start-up OnTheAir as the company focuses on mobile applications and services. “When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed ...