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They are all at an early stage of development and some of them might not work quite right, some might look a bit sketchy and they may never be taken any further. They are in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta">beta</a>. For the very latest from the team, check out the <a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs">Radio Labs blog</a>.</p> </div> <div class="blurb"> <h2>BBC Radio Labs Blog</h2> <p>The <a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs">Radio Labs blog</a> is where we talk about our new and prototype products and services, other things we're working on, how we do our work and anything else we think you might be interested in.</p> <div class="blog-recent-entries"> <h3>Recent entries</h3> <div class="blog-entry"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/01/how_we_make_websites.shtml">How we make websites</a></div> <div class="blog-entry"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/01/visual_radio_phase_1_final_tho.shtml">Visual Radio - Phase 1 Final Thoughts</a></div> <div class="blog-entry"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/01/visualising_radio_delivering_v.shtml">Visualising Radio - delivering video and audio</a></div> <div class="blog-entry"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/01/how_visual_radio_works.shtml">How visual radio works</a></div> <div class="blog-entry"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/01/in_search_of_cultural_identifi.shtml">In Search of Cultural Identifiers</a></div> </div> </div> <h2>Latest projects</h2> <div class="project_cells">  <div class="project_cell"> <div class="project_cell_inner"> <div class="date">Sept 3rd</div> <h3 class="title">Radio Pop</h3> <div class="subtitle">Social radio listening</div> <div class="img"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.radiopop.co.uk/"><img src="/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/radiopop/radiopop.png"/></a></div> <p>The radio service of tomorrow, today!</p> <p><a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/09/radio_pop_social_radio_listeni.shtml" class="link">Original blog post</a></p> <div class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.radiopop.co.uk/" class="link">Radio Pop</a> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="project_cell"> <div class="project_cell_inner"> <div class="date">Jan 18th</div> <h3 class="title">Podcast browser prototype</h3> <div class="subtitle">Browse, play and subscribe to podcasts</div> <div class="img"><a href="podcasts/"><img src="/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/podcasts/screenshot_small.jpg"/></a></div> <p>Prototype browser application for BBC podcasts using Cover Flow</p> <p><a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/01/bbc_podcasts_browser_prototype.shtml" class="link">Original blog post</a></p> <div class="link"> <a href="podcasts/" class="link">BBC Podcasts browser prototype</a> </div> <div class="link_subtitle">(Flash player 9.0.115.0+ required)</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="project_cells">  <div class="project_cell"> <div class="project_cell_inner"> <div class="date">Dec 18th</div> <h3 class="title">BBC Radio Last.fm widget</h3> <div class="subtitle">Scrobble your BBC Radio listening</div> <div class="img"><a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2007/12/scrobbling_your_bbc_radio_list.shtml"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/bbc_radio_last_fm_widget/widget.gif"/></a></div> <p>Scrobble your BBC Radio listening to your <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a> profile</p> <p><a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2007/12/scrobbling_your_bbc_radio_list.shtml" class="link">Original blog post</a></p> <div class="link"> <a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/bbc_radio_last_fm_widget/osx/bbc_radio_last_fm.wdgt.zip" class="download">Download for OS X Dashbaord</a> </div> <div class="link_subtitle">Version 0.3 | 30th May 08</div> <div class="link"> <a href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/bbc_radio_last_fm_widget/yahoo/bbc_radio_last_fm.widget" class="download">Download for Yahoo! Widgets</a> (4.5 or higher required) </div> <div class="link_subtitle">Version 0.2 | 19th Dec 07</div> </div> </div>  <div class="project_cell"> <div class="project_cell_inner"> <div class="date">Nov 6th</div> <h3 class="title">Podcast catalogue for iPhone</h3> <div class="subtitle">Optimised for iPhone / iPod Touch</div> <div class="img"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/labs/iphone_podcasts/podcasts.gif"/></a></div> <p>Our podcast catalogue optimised for the iPhone / iPod Touch Safari environment</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2007/11/bbc_podcasts_on_the_iphone_and.shtml" class="link">Original blog post</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts" class="link">BBC Podcasts</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"/><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" lang="en" id="bbcpageTableFooter"><tr><td class="bbcpageFooterMargin" width="140"><img src="/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="140" height="1" alt=""/></td><td class="bbcpageFooterGutter" width="10"><img src="/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td><td class="bbcpageFooter" width="620" align="center"><img src="/web/20090206002523im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="620" height="1" alt=""/><br/><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/">About the BBC</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/">Help</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/">Terms of Use</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090206002523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/">Privacy & Cookies Policy</a><br/> </font></td></tr></table><br clear="all"/><script src="/web/20090206002523js_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/includes/linktrack.js?2" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20090206002523js_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc.com/script/analytics/vs/vs.js"></script> </body> </html>