Seb7 - 9:05 am on Oct 27, 2010 (gmt 0)

[bbc.co.uk...]

Yahoo Mail is getting its biggest redesign since 2005 to make it a message hub for its 279 million users. At the centre of the revamp is a plan to make the communications system much more compatible with social media.

The Yahoo inbox is apparently going to connect with Facebook, Twitter, youtube, Flickr, and Picasa.

This is quite significant, as Yahoo email does have a large user base. If Yahoo gets this right, this could be a real boost for Yahoo,