Akimbo Takes Money From Cisco, AT&T

The Akimbo video-on-demand service wrapped up a new round of $15.5 million in investment capital as Cisco and AT&T both signed on along with several venture capital firms to bolster the company.

The Next Web: Get Up to Speed on Web 2.0

If you want to get up to speed on Web 2.0 - how new technology, business models, innovation and culture changes will affect the direction of the web, the way we do business and the way we live - The Next Web one-day conference in Amsterdam on Friday 7 July is the place to be.

Lenssen Cites Nine Web Standards Issues

The World Wide Web could be a much user-friendlier place if developers heeded the words of non-pareil blogger Philipp Lenssen on the misunderstanding of web standards.

Shopping With Jellyfish

How's this for a place to shop - a site "where stores compete to lower your price." That's the concept behind Jellyfish, a "new kind of search engine" that shares ad revenue with buyers. Right now, it's only in beta form, but the site already offers "1000's of stores."