| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) Watch the Crunchies awards show LIVE on TechCrunch from San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday. ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/modern-ie-logo.jpg?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois Even though Microsoft itself would prefer to change this, many users still rely on older versions of Internet Explorer. For developers, this means spending... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/generic_2_generic.png?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/composer-tc.png?w=152&h=168&crop=1) | Josh Constine Facebook is poised to get a lot more expressive. Today it began tests of a new status composer that lets you select "what are you doing?", and share an emoticon... read more | | | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/img_0717.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs A team of undergraduates at Queens College in New York led by Matt Sconce had a semi-bright idea: they'd make Forever Alone statuettes.... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/market-share-game-developers.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Kim-Mai Cutler | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/3_22_tracy_dick1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | MG Siegler A few days ago, I read Nilay Patel's review of the Pebble smartwatch for The Verge. Like many others, I bought a Pebble on Kickstarter, and I can't wait to... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/richnotification.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Google Now is probably one of my favorite things about Android, which is why it's great news that a new Chromium build includes a notification center, which,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/186x282.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein Outspoken billionaire, Mark Cuban, is fed up with America's patent system. "Dumbass patents are crushing small businesses. I have had multiple small companies i... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/apple-ad-hoc-cash-network.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Today the USPTO published an Apple patent application that ventures a little farther afield than most, and describes a mobile banking concept that is truly... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/fail-whale.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington Twitter is currently experiencing a widespread service outage that appears to be intermittent, according to our checks with the web client, third-party apps and... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |