Music Lessons Marketplace TakeLessons Grabs $4M From Pinterest Exec, SoftTech & Others To Expand Into New Verticals http://owl.li/2uBtzu

Employees Made Up Nearly Two-Thirds Of Private Stock Sellers on SecondMarket Last Year http://owl.li/2uA3SF

On An International Buying Campaign, Cisco Acquires Cyber Threat Protection Startup Cognitive Security http://owl.li/2uyEiG

Apple Pulls Vine From App Store’s Featured Section After Porn Showed Up In Editors’ Picks http://owl.li/2uxeur

VinePeek And VineRoulette Let Us Become Real-time Video Voyeurs http://owl.li/2uvT6p

Fly Or Die: Vine – Twitter launched Vine, the mobile iOS app that lets users create six-second looping video and share it to various social networks, just two days ago and it’s been the topic of many a media conversation since. Yesterday, Vine swung to the top of social in the App Store after being featured, and many have even called the app the Instagram of video. But does Twitter’s new video-sharing venture have what it takes to maintain momentum? http://owl.li/2uv0Jh

New York Startup Caskers Offers Rare Spirits Online – Whether you’re into delicately sipping a fine brandy in the company of beautiful men and women in some smoky, wood-paneled bar in Zurich or, like me, you would rather drink an entire bottle of Maker’s Mark in your shed while dreaming of Melissa Wycliffe, the girl who wouldn’t go to prom with you, Caskers aims to be your one-stop shop for all your tippling needs. http://owl.li/2uu4Ai

Order Mapper Raises $550K Led By Vegas Tech Fund, So You Can Order Pizza (And Eventually More) From Anywhere http://owl.li/2usKko

Can A Messaging App Beat Standalone Social Networking? Khosla-Backed Stealth Startup Just.me Gears Up For Launch With iOS Beta http://owl.li/2urokx

Wordnik Looks Beyond Its Online Dictionary With The Launch Of New Company Reverb http://owl.li/2uq0Bc