I know its been a while since I last updated this blog, but this was something I could not resist writing about. There have been several important changes in my professional life, but that can wait.

This is about Yahoo! Mail. Two very important news items (blog posts) have come to my attention. Both related to Yahoo Mail. For one, Yahoo is going UNLIMITED!!! Yes, you heard it correct. This blog post from the VP himself clearly states the same. Unlimited storage space will become a reality at Yahoo pretty soon. Now you can store CDs and DVDs on mail and much more. Of course they will be fragmented, but who cares??

The second, and significantly more important announcement on the Yahoo Mail Updates Blog concerns the Yahoo Mail Web Service. Its official. Yahoo will be providing web service features to all users (limited features to the free users). But what this means is that you dont need to rely on POP3 and SMTP any more to send and receive messages any more. This just might revolutionize email as you know it. I expect a lot of developers adopting Yahoo’s web service APIs in their applications, and the Yahoo Mail Application Gallery providing some crazy apps never seen before.

Has Yahoo left Google far behind now? Has it managed to nail Google at its own game? Wait and watch while Google responds. And hail the KING (read the customer)!!!