Yahoo Mail announces partnership with Dropbox

Ever since Marissa Mayer took over the realms of Yahoo in her hands, the company has managed to create quite a buzz. In its latest move, the company has announced that it has partnered with Dropbox to help Yahoo Mail users attach files easily and quickly.

Yahoo users can link their Dropbox account to their Mail account by logging in with their Dropbox credentials. Once this is done, they can easily attach any file on their Dropbox to any email, or save received attachments directly on their Dropbox. If you need to send a big attachment (>25MB) from your Desktop, you can drag and drop the attachment into your email, but send it through Dropbox, so the recipient's mailbox isn't flooded.

Yahoo, which is the third most used mail service behind Gmail and Hotmail, has been trying hard to revamp the user experience on its Web and mobile services. Both Gmail and Hotmail already offer integrated cloud storage in the form of Google Drive and SkyDrive respectively. Now with the help of this integration, Yahoo too joins the league.

The integration will also be fruitful for Dropbox as they will be able to tap new customers. The new Dropbox users will be able to create an account from within the Yahoo Mail and start using the same.

Commenting on the integration, David McDowell, Senior Director of Product Management on Yahoo! Mail said in blog post, "Starting today, Dropbox is available within Yahoo! Mail. This integration allows you to share and store files more easily, whether they are vacation photos or important documents like tax returns and research papers. And, because files can be stored in your Dropbox account online, it's easy to find the files you want even when you are away from your desktop."

He further added, "Dropbox is available within Yahoo! Mail for the Web in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. For those of you new to Dropbox, you can quickly create an account from within Yahoo! Mail".

Yahoo has recently acquired mobile news aggregator Summly. The company has been making series of small acquisitions over the past year with the intention to strengthen its mobile services.