Now 18M Users Strong, Edmodo Makes Its First Acquisition In Root-1 To Become The App Market For Education http://owl.li/2vjhpS

Cheers Raises $2.5M Series A To Expand Its Positivity Network And Make The Case To Brands http://owl.li/2vhJBl

Silicon Valley Has Hit Peak Lameness – Hey Bros of Virool, I know you think it’s cool that your launch party is being written up in TechCrunch. But seriously, half-naked girls in silver mono-kinis dancing in front of floating arithmetic, fractions and percentage signs? Why would women want to work for this company? When did Silicon Valley become so thin on actual technology that startups had to have “nerd” or “science”-themed parties to have cred? You’re YC-backed for ch… http://owl.li/2vgcDv

News360′s Roman Karachinsky Shows Off Revamped Android App, Hints At Plans Beyond News http://owl.li/2veJZo

Why Nokia Is Calling “Here” Here, The Curious Rebranding Of Their Maps Product http://owl.li/2vdM0G

With 200K Stories Shared, Storylane Launches An iPhone Reading App http://owl.li/2vcJst

Hardware Startup Outex Takes To Kickstarter To Fund Its Go-Anywhere SLR Camera Housing http://owl.li/2vbg6w

Y Combinator-Backed SimplyInsured Wants To Help Small Businesses Take The Pain Out Of Health Insurance http://owl.li/2v9ITu

Budding Service Management App Mhelpdesk Hits 5K Customers – Mhelpdesk is fielding a message to small businesses: help us help you. Headaches can ensue when businesses use separate applications to manage the daunting inflow and outflow of service tickets, scheduling and billing. With little to no communication between those applications, a lot can fall through the cracks. That’s where Mhelpdesk is aiming to make a difference. Mhelpdesk merges those functions into a singl… http://owl.li/2v8daa

SideCar Says Three Philadelphia Drivers Caught In ‘Sting,’ But It Plans To Continue Operations http://owl.li/2v6HrU