Haven’t you heard of The Crunchies? It’s like the Oscars of the Internet. The 2009 Crunchies were the third annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. Co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch, the judging is like an online version of American Idol–the internet community is invited to choose who wins.
The Crunchies award ceremony took place on Friday, January 8, 2010 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco–an elegant, old world theater with 900 seats that helped give the awards the air of importance they deserved.
Here are some of the highlights from the list of winners (AKA those who have best utilized the magic of internet speed)
Best Design:
Animoto - Animoto generates custom, professional-looking slideshows from user-uploaded music and photos. Once completed, videos can be emailed, downloaded and embedded into other sites. The company says no two videos are ever the same. As of June 2008, Animoto videos could be purchased on DVD or downloaded in DVD-quality formats directly from the Animoto website, and users can enjoy their videos on computers, televisions, and even large projection screens.
Best Internet Application:
Dropbox - Dropbox is a software product that makes it easy to securely share files with other people, sync them across multiple computers, access them from anywhere, and keep them safe.
Best New Startup Or Product Of 2009:
Bing (Microsoft) - Bing is a decision (search) engine from Microsoft with new algorithms and a more colorful page design, it attempts to understand the context behind the search, which Microsoft claims gives users better results.
Best Overall Startup Or Product Of 2009:
Facebook - Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 350 million users.
To see a list of the other categories and companies nominated, go to http://crunchies2009.techcrunch.com/ .
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