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In this article we will tell you the Crunchies 2008 results. An awards night organised by TechCrunch.
Biggest tech companies,most influential startups,tech icons and much more,all in one single night.
And here are the winners of this year’s edition of “The Crunchies” related to various areas.Have a look at the winners,runner-ups and nominees at this event…Best Application Or Service
Winner : Google Reader
Runner-up : Myspace Music
Other Nominees : Minted,Get Satisfaction,Meebo,Yelp
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement
Winner : Windows Live Mesh
Runner-up : Facebook Connect
Other Nominees : Google Friend Connect,Google Chrome,Swype,Yahoo BOSS
Best Design
Winner : Cooliris
Runner-up : Animoto
Other Nominees : Friendfeed,Infectious,Lala,Sliderocket
Best Bootstrapped Startup
Winner : GitHub
Runner-up : 12seconds.tv
Other Nominees : BackType,Socialcast,StatSheet
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place
Winner : GoodGuide
Runner-up : Kiva
Other Nominees : Akoha,Causes,CO2Stats,Better Place
Best Enterprise Startup
Winner : Amazon Web Services
Runner-up : Google App Engine
Other Nominees : Yammer,Zoho,Force.com
Best International Startup
Winner : eBuddy
Runner-up : Wuala
Other Nominees : Fotonauts,OpenX,Vente-privee
Best Clean Tech Startup
Winner : Project Frog
Runner-up : Better Place
Other Nominees : Boston Power,ElectraDrive,Laurus Energy
Best New Gadget/Device
Winner : iPhone 3G
Runner-up : Android G1
Other Nominees : Ausus EEE 1000 Series,Flip MinoHD,SlingCatcher
Best Time Sink Site/Application
Winner : Tap Tap Range
Runner-up : Texas Hold Em
Other Nominees : Mob Wars,iBowl,Zivity
Best Mobile Startup
Winner : Evernote
Runner-up : ChaCha
Other Nominees : Posterous,Qik Skyfire,Truphone
Best Mobile Application
Winner : imeem mobile
Runner-up : Google Mobile Application
Other Nominees : Pandora Radio,rolando,ShopSavvy,Ocarina
Best Startup Founder
Winner : Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone (Twitter )
Runner-up : Paul Buchheit, Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, Bret Taylor (FriendFeed )
Other Nominees : Linda Avery and Anne Wojcicki (23andMe),Michael Birch and Xochi Birch (Bebo),Robert Kalin (Etsy)
Best Startup CEO
Winner : Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Runner-up : Jason Kilar (Hulu)
Other Nominees : Tony Hsieh (Zappos),Elon Musk (SpaceX),Andy Rubin (Android)
Best New Startup Of 2008
Winner : FriendFeed
Runner-up : Dropbox
Other Nominees : GoodGuide,Tapulous,Topsin Media,Yammer
Best Overall Startup In 2008
Winner : Facebook
Runner-up : Twitter
Other Nominees : Android,Hulu,Amazon Web Services
