Yahoo announced a change in its targeted advertising privacy policy Friday. Beginning in late August, users will be able to opt out of customized advertising on the company's main page. The move is an expansion of the Internet portal's opt-out program for targeted ads provided by Yahoo on third-party networks.

By year's end, PayPal will derive more total payment volumes from software it provides to third-party sites than from eBay buyers and sellers, company president says.

By year's end, PayPal will derive more total payment volumes from software it provides to third-party sites than from eBay buyers and sellers, company president says.

In a move to build partnerships with third-party developers, Yahoo on Thursday introduced a new open Web services platform. Yahoo Search BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) gives outside developers unprecedented access to Yahoo's search technology, including the ability to re-rank and control the presentation of results.

On Friday I noted that one good gauge of Hillary's continuing support would be to see whether the big third-party groups backing her continue to put money into ads on her behalf -- or whether they suspend such efforts. ...

Blog: McCain raising money off third-party effort.

Ad network Social Media has been making some money with third-party applications on Facebook since around the time of the social network’s

Yahoo has launched its next-generation mobile search service and also appears determined to get a jump on competitors by making it readily available to third-party developers. Yahoo's oneSearch 2.0 will deliver a number of improvements that will allow users to perform quicker, more comprehensive searches through text and voice-based activation.

Yahoo will open its mobile search to third-party content providers and let users search just by saying a term or asking a question.

Yahoo will open its mobile search to third-party content providers and let users search just by saying a term or asking a question.