Yahoo Email To Add Text Messaging

Yahoo to that, I say. Just so we're clear what that means: Yahoo email users will be able to send a quick text message to a cell phone number online through their email client. Sweet!

By it's own admission, Yahoo is overhauling it's email to look more like a social networking tool (clearly feeling the heat from Facebook and MySpace). The new version will become available through a slow rollout this Fall over a period of six weeks or so.

My take: Yahoo may be going after the teens and twenty-somethings, but this sounds like a handy little upgrade for businesses to keep in mind. What a great way to keep in touch with colleagues in the field or on the road from your desk!

More than 250 million people worldwide use Yahoo email.