The 2008 Crunchies is TechCrunch's second annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.
The Awards Ceremony took place at 7:30 pm, Friday, January 9 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco.
The Crunchies is co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, and TechCrunch. Best of all, the internet community is invited to choose who wins.
Best Application Or Service: Google Reader
Above: screen grab of the winner; Google Reader
Get SatisfactionGoogle Reader (winner)MintedMeeboMySpace Music (runner-up)Yelp
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement: Windows Live Mesh
Above: screen grab of the winner; Windows Live Mesh
Facebook Connect (runner-up)Google Friend ConnectGoogle ChromeWindows Live Mesh (winner)SwypeYahoo BOSS
Best Design: Cooliris
Above: screen grab of the winner; Cooliris
Animoto (runner-up)Cooliris (winner)FriendfeedInfectiousLalaSliderocket
Best Bootstrapped Startup: GitHub
Above: screen grab of the winner; GitHub
BackTypeGitHub (winner)SocialcastStatSheet12seconds.tv (runner-up)
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place: GoodGuide
Above: screen grab of the winner; GoodGuide
AkohaCausesCO2StatsGoodGuide (winner)Kiva (runner-up)Better Place
Best Enterprise Startup: Amazon Web Services
Above: screen grab of the winner; Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (winner)Force.comGoogle App Engine (runner-up)YammerZoho
Best International Startup: eBuddy
Above: screen grab of the winner; eBuddy
eBuddy (winner)FotonautsOpenXVente-priveeWuala (runner-up)
Best Clean Tech Startup: Project Frog
Above: screen grab of the winner; Project Frog
Better Place (runner-up)Boston PowerElectraDriveLaurus EnergyProject Frog (winner)
Best New Gadget/Device: iPhone 3G
Above: screen grab of the winner; iPhone 3G
Android G1 (runner-up)Ausus EEE 1000 SeriesFlip MinoHDiPhone 3G (winner)SlingCatcher
Best Time Sink Site/Application: Tap Tap Range
Above: screen grab of the winner; Tap Tap Range
Mob WarsiBowlTap Tap Range (winner)ZivityTexas Hold Em (runner-up)
Best Mobile Startup: Evernote
Above: screen grab of the winner; Evernote
ChaCha (runner-up)Evernote (winner)PosterousQik SkyfireTruphone
Best Mobile Application: Imeem Mobile
Above: screen grab of the winner; Imeem Mobile
Google Mobile Application (runner-up)imeem mobile (winner)Pandora RadiorolandoShopSavvyOcarina
Best Startup Founders: Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey & Biz Stone of Twitter
Above: screen grab of the winners; Twitter's Founders
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: Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook
Above: screen grab of the winner; Mark Zuckerberg
Tony Hsieh (Zappos)Jason Kilar (Hulu) (runner-up)Elon Musk (SpaceX)Andy Rubin (Android)Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) (winner)
Best New Startup Of 2008: FriendFeed
Above: screen grab of the winner; FriendFeedDropbox (runner-up)FriendFeed (winner)GoodGuideTapulousTopsin MediaYammer
Best Overall Startup In 2008: Facebook
Above: screen grab of the winner; my own facebook profile
Amazon Web ServicesFacebook (winner)AndroidhuluTwitter (runner-up)
