The 2010 Crunchies is the fourth annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. The Crunchies is co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch. The internet community is always invited to choose who wins.
List of winners and runner-ups in each respective category of the Crunchies Awards:
Best Internet Application: Pandora (Runner Up: Rdio)
Best Social Application: Dailybooth (Runner Up: Twitter)
Best Social Commerce Application: Groupon (Runner Up: ShopKick)
Best Mobile Application: Google Mobile Maps (Runner Up: Instagram)
Best Location Based Service: Foursquare (Runner up: Facebook Places)
Best New Device: iPad (Runner Up: XBox Kinect)
Best Technology Achievement: Google’s self-driving cars (Runner Up: Qwiki)
Best Touch Interface: Flipboard (Runner up: Fotopedia)
Best Designs: Gogobot (Runner Up: About.me)
Best Bootsrapped Startup: Addmired (Runner Up: Instapaper)
Best Enterprise Startup: Buddy Media (Runner Up: Millenial Media)
Best Cleantech Startup: SolarCity (Runner Up: Kopernik)
Best Time Sink Application: CityVille (Runner Up: Angry Birds)
Angel of the Year: Y Combinator’s Paul Graham (Runner Up: SV Fund’s Ron Conway)
Venture Capitalist of the Year: Yuri Milner of DST (Runner Up: Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures)
Founder of the Year: Mark Pincus (Runner Up: Jack Dorsey)
CEO of the Year: Andrew Mason (Runner Up: Mark Zuckerberg)
Best New Startup or Product of 2010: Quora (Runner Up: Square)
Best Overall Product of 2010: Twitter (Runner Up: Groupon)
