AOL is now taking beta invite requests for its new Alto email congregation tool. Not looking to compete outright with the likes of Gmail, Yahoo!, or its own AOL client on the email front, Alto will instead act as a singular destination for users to check all their existing accounts at once. The service can also sync with your iCloud account, and AOL has stated that an iOS version of the Alto platform is in the works as well.
Alto looks to give your standard inbox browsing experience a visual twist by grouping your content into stacks based on a common theme. Emails including media like photos will be grouped in one pile, social goings-on in another, and so on. You can drag and drop emails into new piles if th
