Yahoo Mail - the next step

Yahoo mail is out of Beta now.. and the next step is.... send SMS's from your email account (and receive replies to the text messages in the inbox itself). It is to be made available in a few weeks, but only for Canada, India, Philippines and the USA.

Some more features include - check maps, get directions, hotel and travel information, all from the email itself, without jumping screens.

Say someone writes an e-mail suggesting a trip to San Francisco and dinner at a specific restaurant. Put your mouse over the address, and a pop-up window emerges with tabs for maps, calendar and travel information

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