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On its official blog Monday the search giant Google announced the revamped version of its Gmail Inbox. Now users have the option to automatically filter their messages separating the most important from those which we rarely read.

The new option dubbed as Priority Inbox was introduced as a beta. It offers filtering algorithms that "help you see the emails that matter faster" – without the need to set up complex filters of your own.

Microsoft announced the changes it had applied to the new version of its Hotmail web email service. The company has tied it to its Bing search engine, its Silverlight media player, and its SkyDrive online store service.

The new features will be effective starting mid summer and users won’t need to leave their Hotmail inbox to open browser or media player to view the items somebody's emailed you. Bing search results are embedded without showing the URL.