| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) Don't miss the 7th Annual Crunchies Awards on February 10. Get your tickets here! ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/iphone-5s_m7_hero.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-31-at-5-44-30-pm.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Alex Wilhelm Yahoo could be getting back into the search game. Its long-suffering deal with Microsoft has underperformed, making recent revelations that the company is... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/splash_screen_us_001.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jonathan Shieber | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/shutterstock_173590877.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Neil Sequeira Alternative Commerce is a piece of cake, right? After all, while big box retailers are suffering, fun things like "the Internet" and "mobile phones"... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/photo-2-e1391249510500.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Pankaj Mishra | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-01-at-10-12-06-am.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Gregory Ferenstein | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/buzzfeed-video.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Jon Evans It's time for a little inside baseball! Be still your beating hearts. But admit it: secretly you want to know about the success/failure of the myriad news... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-30-at-12-32-32-am.png?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Despite incremental improvements, the gender bias issue in Silicon Valley remains an important one. Last month,... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kakul.jpg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Mobile messaging and mobile communications tools have grown like a weed on the consumer side -- but what about... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gillmor-gang-test-pattern_excerpt.jpeg?w=150?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — christen the maiden voyage, or... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |