DotSpots empowers crowds to contribute and annotate content across the web.

MEDL is soliciting ideas from the public in an effort to crowdsource future applications that they bring to market.

Thread takes a more social approach to dating and is now has a leg up on existing dating sites that have been laggards in adopting social media as part of their platform

Google is opening up their AdSense platform to third-party ad networks, which creates some very good opportunities for the Rubicon Project.

MyShape.com, an internet-based fashion consultant, has raised $10.5M in equity funding.

Los Angeles has always had a stigma of not being a technology hub but rather an entertainment hub. However an incubator of sorts is coming to town.

In June, three MySpace executives left to start Blue Rover Labs. We’ve since done some some sleuthing and think we may know what they are up to.

In buying Los-Angeles based ShopIt.com, Altrinsic shows that there are emerging opportunities in the social-commerce space. Entrepreneurs and investors should take notice of both the opportunities and the risks.