Με κάθε επισημότητα πραγματοποιήθηκαν χθες τα Crunchies 2008, τα ετήσια βραβεία για τις web start-ups και web applications. Η εκδήλωση, η οποία διοργανώνεται από κοινού από τα Techcrunch, Silicon Alley Insider, GigaOm και VentureBeat, έγινε και φέτος sold out καθώς πάνω από 900 άτομα θέλησαν να βρεθούν για λίγη ώρα στον ίδιο χώρο με γνωστά ονόματα της Silicon Valley όπως ο CEO του Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, η Marissa Mayer της Google και ο Jason Calacanis. Μεγάλος νικητής της βραδιάς ήταν το Facebook καθώς αναδείχθηκε start-up της χρονιάς που φεύγει, με τη δεύτερη θέση να καταλαμβάνει το Twitter.
Η πλήρης λίστα των νικητών:
Best Application Or Service
Get Satisfaction
Google Reader (winner)
Minted
Meebo
MySpace Music (runner-up)
Yelp
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement
Facebook Connect (runner-up)
Google Friend Connect
Google Chrome
Windows Live Mesh (winner)
Swype
Yahoo BOSS
Best Design
Animoto (runner-up)
Cooliris (winner)
Friendfeed
Infectious
Lala
Sliderocket
Best Bootstrapped Startup
BackType
GitHub (winner)
Socialcast
StatSheet
12seconds.tv (runner-up)
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place
Akoha
Causes
CO2Stats
GoodGuide (winner)
Kiva (runner-up)
Better Place
Best Enterprise Startup
Amazon Web Services (winner)
Force.com
Google App Engine (runner-up)
Yammer
Zoho
Best International Startup
eBuddy (winner)
Fotonauts
OpenX
Vente-privee
Wuala (runner-up)
Best Clean Tech Startup
Better Place (runner-up)
Boston Power
ElectraDrive
Laurus Energy
Project Frog (winner)
Best New Gadget/Device
Android G1 (runner-up)
Ausus EEE 1000 Series
Flip MinoHD
iPhone 3G (winner)
SlingCatcher
Best Time Sink Site/Application
Mob Wars
iBowl
Tap Tap Range (winner)
Zivity
Texas Hold Em (runner-up)
Best Mobile Startup
ChaCha (runner-up)
Evernote (winner)
Posterous
Qik Skyfire
Truphone
Best Mobile Application
Google Mobile Application (runner-up)
imeem mobile (winner)
Pandora Radio
rolando
ShopSavvy
Ocarina
Best Startup Founder
Linda Avery and Anne Wojcicki (23andMe)
Michael Birch and Xochi Birch (Bebo)
Robert Kalin (Etsy)
Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone (Twitter ) (winner)
Paul Buchheit, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, Bret Taylor (FriendFeed ) (runner-up)
Best Startup CEO
Tony Hsieh (Zappos)
Jason Kilar (Hulu) (runner-up)
Elon Musk (SpaceX)
Andy Rubin (Android)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) (winner)
Best New Startup Of 2008
Dropbox (runner-up)
FriendFeed (winner)
GoodGuide
Tapulous
Topsin Media
Yammer
Best Overall Startup In 2008
Amazon Web Services
Facebook (winner)
Android
hulu
Twitter (runner-up)
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