Microsoft Hotmail Wave 4 to start being rolled out today.

In a post in its Windows Live blog, Microsoft announced today that it has started rolling out Hotmail Wave 4 to its users worldwide. The upgraded service includes a new feature called Sweep whose purpose is to clean-up inboxes, offers an integration with Microsoft's new Office Online Apps among others. Another noticeable feature is a windows showing conversations just like on Gmail.
With the new Hotmail, emphasis was put on integrating users's social network activity with content from such sites as Flickr, Hulu or Pandora. According to AppScout, the new Hotmail offers Instant Messaging and text message via the Web.
The new Hotmail will be rolled out in phases starting today with Microsoft goal to have all accounts upgraded by summer end, still according to AppScout.


For more see AppScout.com

Google Wave, a new multi conversations service.

Last Thursday, Google announced a new service called Google-Wave designed to be a central place where services like email, instant-messaging and documents sharing can be all accessed by one person working alone or a group working collaboratively.

According to the Wall Street Journal," the service, will allow users to start a conversation, called a "wave," and to invite their contacts to join it. Any member of the wave can put photos, notes or other content into the group, which updates in near-real time...Participants can scroll through the wave and see what content has been added to it."

The service which is to be open-source, is in its early developments stages and is slated to be released to the general public later this year.

For more, see mashable.com