During my daily combing of tech news feeds/breaks to learn more about the wide world of drugs, I stumbled upon this interesting little service called Leafly. Essentially, you hop on over to Leafly.com to do one of two things: find local dispensaries or explore various strains of the Mary Jane

Apparently lots of people are still talking about Instagram’s sale to Facebook (last week seems like ages ago to those of us in the attention-deficit-disordered world of blogging, but I guess a $1 billion pricetag will tend to keep tongues wagging for a while.) The latest Instagram/Facebook detail the chattering classes are seizing on? Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz’s position in the deal

Facebook has released an update to its Android app today that should give users of the social network on Android devices a more integrated and instant experience — and takes Facebook another step closer to making its mobile app experience more like the one people have when using the social network on the web. Specifically, the new version lets users share photos and messages direct from the home screen of their devices, and it includes several features that had been in the standalone Messenger app.

Because I’m so clearly ready to settle down and have a family, I am at the first ever 500Startups  MamaBear Family conference in Mountain View today, watching a group of talks from family-oriented startups and people who have experience with family-oriented startups — like Wittlebee ‘s Sean Percival and mama-entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg.

Yesterday at New York Tech Day we met with quite a few great companies including Digital Ocean . These guys are pretty established in the cloud space

There are plenty of services out there that will let you build simple mobile apps without the need to know how to program. The problem with most of these is that you quickly reach their limits once you want to build more complex apps

It’s 4/20, and you know exactly what that means: It’s National DNA Day! (What, were you expecting something else?) Yep — this is the official day to commemorate the 1953 publishing of the first scientific paper on the double-helix structure of DNA , which was famously co-authored by James Watson and Francis Crick (with the sometimes overlooked contributions of others .) Anyway, to celebrate, educational non-profit powerhouse Khan Academy has announced a partnership with personal genetics testing company 23andMe to “promote the importance of genetics education.” Specifically, this means that Khan Academy’s website now has educational videos produced by 23AndMe on topics such as Genetics 101 . It seems like a match made in heaven of sorts, since both Khan Academy and 23andMe are services that have become favorites in similar kinds of geek circles in recent years. I’m personally a big fan of both — Khan Academy videos have helped me brush up on algebra and calculus, and I’ve basically bought 23andMe kits for my whole family (and have been known to gush about the service to anyone who will listen.) Now when people ask me what’s so cool about genetic testing, I can send them a link to a Khan Academy video! Nice

I’ve covered a few online dating services in my day, but this one has got to be the most creative. It’s called Cheek’d, and I’d categorize it as a place where business cards meets picking up prospective boyfriends/girlfriends/one-night stands.

Facebook today  released a new set of proposed changes to its terms of service and offered more detailed explanation of its revisions based on user feedback. Since 2009 , the social network has taken a unique approach with its “Statements of Rights and Responsibilities,” which is what it calls its terms of service. Before instituting any new policies, the company shares proposed changes with users, who then have a period of time to comment and ask questions.

Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recording live at 1pm PT.