Filed under: World wide web, Video, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

After spending a few months in private beta, Odeo has launched a new version of its podcast aggregation service. OK, actually it looks like the new version of the site launched a few weeks ago, but we just noticed it, thanks to a short writeup over at TechCrunch. The updated site features a sleek new design and video. Lots and lots of video.

Odeo now has videos from about half a million different partners, including major content partners like Blip.tv and Revision3. There’s also an improved Flash player for watching videos or listening to audio on the site. At its heart, Odeo is still a podcast aggregation site, which means that there are download links for most audio and videos. Because while you can spend all day watching videos online, sometimes you want to download them and take them with you on your portable media player.

Users can also create profile pages, create playlists, rate podcasts, and share content using email links or embed code. The developers are also working on an improved version of Odeo Studio, a utility that lets users record or upload podcasts using a web browser.

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Filed under: World wide web, Text, Windows, Macintosh, Web services, Adobe, Freeware, Social Software, Beta, web 2.0

It may seem illogical to tie Meebo to a desktop app, but that’s exactly what’s going on here. Meebone uses Adobe AIR to bring Meebo’s services to your desktop through a dedicated app, but it’s still in beta. So if you’re down to try it, keep in mind that you’ll probably encounter some problems… just like we did.

When attempting to login to AIM, Meebone was confused by a space in one of our user names. Other IM clients and services — even Meebo itself — aren’t usually bothered by spaces. But that was our only major issue with the AIR-based app. And we’re hoping it will be fixed before Meebone graduates from beta.

We tested the app with Google Speak and AIM accounts. Each logged-in successfully, brought up buddy lists, etc, etc. In other words, it introduced a basic Meebo set-up to our desktop, and we liked it. Just barely, but we did enjoy it even though it sort of defeats the purpose of Meebo itself.

[via Adobe Air Marketplace]

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