You asked and we're giving it to you! There has been a high demand for some new themes, so we've been hard at work creating two new ones!

One is called i3Theme and is an eye-catching but pleasant, blue Mac OSX inspired theme with three columns. Our other addition, zBench, combines simplicity and style in one clean, modern theme wtih two columns.

Check out the screen shots below, or just give them a go, they're available now!

Here's i3Theme:

And here's zBench:

Podbean.com is pleased to announce that Podbean has been integrated into Adobe Premiere Elements 8 as the podcast hosting partner. This integration will allow you to produce and publish your podcasts in the feature-rich environment of Adobe Elements and publish directly to your podcast account with just a few clicks of your mouse. Today, Podbean has become one of the largest podcast communities in the world, with more than 200,000 registered members, 700,000+ published episodes, and 50+ million downloads this year. With the cooperation with Adobe, we expect to provide better podcasting experience to all podcasters. As Adobe Premiere Elements are broadly used by educators and organizations. We are glad to see that Podbean can help more education and organization users spread the wisdom in the modern Podcasting way and reach the world that were unreachable through the traditional methods. "Let the world hear you" -- a powerful cost-effective Podcasting service -- that's the originate of Podbean. We will keep pursuing this goal and constantly improving our service to provide you a better Podcasting service.

You can learn more about how to publish a podcast from Adobe Premiere Elements 8 to Podbean by visiting our FAQ here . If you don't already have a Podbean account, you can get one free here. To download a Free Trial Adobe Premier Elements , you may go to the movie editor.

Podbean.com is glad to announce the launch of Podbean Mobile, a new mobile-friendly interface for one of the Web's most popular podcasting hubs. Available on web-enabled mobile devices, Podbean Mobile allows users to search, collect and access their favorite podcasts anywhere, anytime, even when you're on the go.  There's no software installation needed -if you can browse the web on your mobile device, you can get your podcasts by visiting http://m.podbean.com.

Through Podbean Mobile, users can:

• Discover popular podcasts and find what other people subscribe to.
• Collect your favorite podcasts in one place and access them from anywhere on the web.
• Share your taste in podcast with friends and get recommendation in return.

Thus, Podbean Mobile offers a great destination for podcast audience to move beyond the desktop but still be able to enjoy podcasting moments instantly.

We, Podbean.com, are glad to announce that multiple new FTP servers are added to our server cluster. We expect these new FTP servers will improve the FTP uploading performance to match the quickly increasing Podbean user numbers.

Please check your "Account" page to find the new FTP server name and your new FTP user-name, password. The "Account" page can be accessed by clicking the "Account" tab after you log into your Podbean dashboard.

We are glad to announce a new version video player is available in Podbean.com. Improved from the old version player which only supports flv video format, the new video player supports flv and H.264 based mp4, m4v, mov, avi videos. This makes it possible that the videos can be shown quickly in the video player after being published. Podbean.com has stopped converting user videos. So there will be no more waiting for videos to be converted to flv.

To make the video compatible with iTunes, we recommend videos to be encoded with H.264 based mp4 or m4v format.

Find The Podcast You Need With Podbean

Need information fast? Chances are, there's a podcast out there that has just what you need!

In a recent article posted in The Wall Street Journal, author Mary Pilon said she wanted to find personal finance information that "fits into my pocket but doesn't put me to sleep." The result is a comprehensive list - "The Best Personal Finance Podcasts" - that highlights the best of the best when it comes to personal finance, budgeting and investing... and all of this invaluable information is coming from podcasts.

Topping the list are several podcasts from NPR, including Economy, The Color Of Money and Planet Money as well as Marketplace from American Public Media. WSJ's own personal finance podcasts - Your Money Matters and This Morning are listed too as are podcasts from financial giants such as Vanguard and Fidelity. These podcasts provide listeners with useful information that's on target with today's economic constraints. Learn simple explanations for complicated financial concepts and deal with debt like a pro. From tips and tricks for the more seasoned investor to basic financial concepts for beginners, this list is a great place to start for anyone wanting to brush up on their personal finance knowledge.

You can find these and other personal finance podcasts by visiting the Podbean Podcast Social Subscribing Directory. This directory makes it easy to discover new, timely podcasts as well as share your favorites with other users. And because our directory includes both Podbean-hosted as well as non-Podbean streams, you can always find the very best in podcasting that the web has to offer.

Want to start your own Podbean podcast? Just click here.

Think podcasting is just for personal sites or news ventures? Think again! More and more Podbean clients are finding new ways to integrate the Podbean Podcasting System into the educational arena and the results are stunning!

Most recently, Adam Watson's English class at South Oldham High School decided to broadcast their literary discussion using podcasting services from Podbean. 'Dragon Booktalk' became an instant hit among parents, teachers and students alike. The podcast has since receive national recognition and the students agree that the podcasting element drastically enhances the learning experience.

"It's hands-on," said Alexa Laviena in a recent interview. "You're not just reading to read. You get through the reading because you want to be able to know what to say and do when you do your recording. That's pretty cool even for people who don't like reading."

But the creativity doesn't stop there.

Podbean's collection of educational users is growing every day! The Toastmasters Leadership Institute provides podcasts to help listeners improve their public speaking skills while Mr. Stubbart's 5th Grade class uses the Podbean Podcasting System to act out history lessons or discuss science, math and other areas of learning.

Want more inspiration for ways Podbean can help you achieve your educational goals? Visit Podbean.com and browse some of the best educational podcasts on the web.

More people than ever are using mobile devices to surf the web - why not capitalize on that trend and stay connected with your podcast subscribers? Now you can! With the new Mobile Edition from Podbean.com, your audience can access your podcasts anytime, anywhere with a web-enabled mobile device. Available to all Podbean-hosted accounts, Mobile Edition displays your podcasts in a mobile-friendly interface so your audiences can catch your broadcasts on the go.

Podbean Mobile Edition system automates all the tricky stuff to display different interfaces to mobile and normal browsers - you don't need to code or configure anything. With the Podbean easy-to-use publishing system, staying in touch with your audiences has never been easier. The mobile site url is http://yoursite.podbean.com/mobile/

To see a demonstration, visit http://demo.podbean.com/mobile/ from your web-enabled mobile device.

Screenshots

Top 5 Most Popular Podcast 2008

A new Visual/Html editor is implemented in Podbean publishing system.With this new editor, you can easily switch between Visual and HTML editing mode. Moreover, a new security mechanism is added. Scripts, embed code etc html tags will be automatically dropped in Free accounts. Paid users still can copy & paste any widget, script and embed code. We expect this security improvement will reduce the SPAM usage on our site and improve user experience to all our users.