SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc. will introduce new features Monday for its Web-based email program, including software that allows computer users to type text messages on a keyboard and send them directly to a cell phone, according to media reports.

Yahoo's YHOO enhancements make it easier to send email, instant messages or text messages from a single Web site and will be available to users in the U.S., Canada, India and the Philippines, Associated Press reported.