By Alison McNeill

We caught Beatrice Tarka of Mobissimo hanging out in the lobby at the Web 2.0 Summit so we decided to check in and see what’s new with the service. If you’re not already a fan, Mobissimo is a travel search engine that indexes over 200 travel sites to compares prices from online travel agencies, traditional airlines, low cost airlines and consolidators.

Their latest addition is Mobishare, which is a neat little feature that lets you share links to your latest travel finds, photos and videos with your friends and family, and post suggestions of places to go.  Beatrice and I talked about online travel, Mobissimo and more – check it out!

Recently, Seesmic struck a deal with the Washington Post to launch a branded version of their video conversation player to power conversations around the Presidential campaign on Post blogs such as The Fix. When we ran into Cathy Brooks, director of Business Development for Seesmic, we had to stop her and ask if we could expect more partnerships like this with the Post or others.

Cathy spills some beans (not all) on what’s coming up for them as well as her thoughts on the discussion of online video at the Summit and more.  Check it out!

By Alison McNeill

If you’ve got a startup in Silicon Valley, or anywhere for that matter, chances are that you’ve heard of Ron Conway. The so-called “Godfather of Silicon Valley” has made over 20 investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Digg, PBWiki, Seesmic, the list goes on and on.

Recently, Ron has been very vocal about his advice for startups in the downward economy recommending to his companies that they conserve cash and cut costs, even renegotiate all expenses, including rent.

We grabbed Ron for a quick interview at the Web 2.0 Summit last week to hear for ourselves so listen up!