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