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New del.icio.us design coming down the pipes

delicious redeign in the worksWe certainly haven't heard a lot from the del.icio.us labs recently. As other social bookmarking sites announce exciting new features and designs, the one that started it all seemed to be lagging a tad. That's all about to change soon, apparently.

The del.icio.us team has been working their backsides off on building a new platform for the bookmarking site. Not only have they been doing that but they have also been looking at the current user interface and working out ways in which it could be easier to use, and more functional.

The usability tests have been in the works, and a dozen individuals have been working through the positives and negatives of the designs. So we think we can all breathe a sigh of relief as there should be a beta of the new design rolled out in the near future. Now if only we could nail that supposed date down.

Filed under: Audio, Fun, Internet, Video, Web services, Google

Google opens YouTube TestTube

youtube testtube Its time to start mixing things up and experimenting in YouTube land. Google has officially opened the TestTube where engineers and developers can test recipes and concoctions for new YouTube initiatives.

The TestTube incubator welcomes all user feedback on new services that get cooked up in the lab, with the first two being AudioSwap and Streams.

AudioSwap hooks up music for users videos through special arrangements made with not so popular artists and major record labels, ensuring that songs can be added to YouTube videos legally. Bands include Evanescence, Finger Eleven, Aretha Franklin and the cranberries in all typical genres of Funk, Goth, HipHop, Jazz, Metal, Country, Rock, Reggae, and Rock.

The Streams feature in the lab allows users to share videos real time with other YouTube users. This is done by creating a YouTube room where users can join, watch videos and interact with each other.

Google has some pretty neat stuff going on here already, and we'll be looking out for further developments in the TestTube for sure!

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