This year's fifth annual Crunchies Awards (http://techcrunch.com/events/crunchies-2011/coverage/) has just finished up at the classy Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and it was a smashing success. We poked fun #humblebraggers, got cussed at by Siri, honored former TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, and gave wild monkey trophies to tech's greatest innovators. If you missed the event or our livestream (http://techcrunch.com/events/crunchies-2011/video/), check out the full list of nominees and winners below.
The world owes a thank you to Jack Dorsey, the "Founder Of The Year" and leader of Twitter, winner of "Biggest Social Impact". His poise and dedication helped keep the microblogging service online so it could aid revolutions. And a big congrats to Dropbox on its win for "Best Overall Startup". The company's young founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi (seen below) demonstrated the power of the freemium model, and had the guts to turn down a 9 figure acquisition bid.
Here are the nominees and winners:
Best Technology Achievement
Lytro (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lytro) (Runner Up)
NFC (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nfc/)
OnLive (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/onlive)
Siri (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/siri) (Winner)
Tesla Flat Pack Battery (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/14/tesla-flat-pack/)
Best Social Application
Facebook Timeline (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/15/its-here-facebook-timeline-now-available-to-users-worldwide/)
Instagram (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instagram) (Runner Up)
Google+ (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/google) (Winner)
The New New Twitter (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/20/fly-or-die-the-new-new-twitter/)
Path 2.0 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/16/with-winds-down/)
Best Shopping Application
Birchbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/birchbox)
Fab (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fab-com) (Winner)
Gilt Groupe (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gilt-groupe)
Lot18 (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lot18)
Warby Parker (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/warby-parker) (Runner Up)
Best Mobile Application
Evernote (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/evernote) (Winner)
Flipboard (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/flipboard) (Runner Up)
Pandora (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/pandora)
Spotify (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify)
Square (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/square)
TaskRabbit (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/taskrabbit)
Best Location Application
Airbnb (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/airbnb)
Foursquare (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/foursquare)
Grindr (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/grindr) (Winner)
RunKeeper (http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/26/runkeeper-adds-new-integration-to-its-health-graph-in-hopes-of-building-the-facebook-of-fitness/) (Runner Up)
Uber (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/uber-2)
Best Tablet Application
djay (http://www.algoriddim.com/)
Eventbrite At the Door (http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/eventbrite-ipad-box-office/)
Fotopedia (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fotopedia) (Winner)
GarageBand (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/garageband-arrives-on-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch/)
Netflix (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix) (Runner Up)
StumbleUpon (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/stumbleupon)
Best Design
Gojee (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gojee)
Orchestra (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/orchestra)
Path 2.0 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/16/with-winds-down/) (Winner)
Pinterest (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/pinterest) (Runner Up)
Quora (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/quora)
Best Bootstrapped Startup (2010 winner: addmired)
Github (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/github) (Runner Up)
Imgur (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imgur) (Winner)
Instapaper (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instapaper)
Onesheet (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/onesheet)
Tap Tap Tap (Camera+) (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/camera)
Best Cloud Service
Asana (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/asana)
Box (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/box-net) (Runner Up)
CloudFlare (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/cloudflare)
Dropbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dropbox) (Winner)
Okta (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/okta)
Twilio (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twilio)
Best International Startup
Badoo (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/badoo)
Klarna (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/klarna) (Runner Up)
Peixe Urbano (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/peixe-urbano) (Winner)
Rovio (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/rovio-mobile)
SoundCloud (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/soundcloud)
Wonga (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/wonga)
Best Clean Tech Startup
Alta Energy (http://techcrunch.com/tag/alta-wind-energy-center/)
Array Power (http://techcrunch.com/tag/alta-wind-energy-center/) (Runner Up)
EcoATM (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ecoatm) (Winner)
EcoMotors (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ecomotors)
Hara (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hara)
Best New Device
Galaxy Nexus (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/iphone-galaxy-nexus-review/)
iPad 2 (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/ipad-2)
iPhone 4S (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/iphone-4s)
Kindle Fire (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/kindle-fire) (Runner Up)
Nest (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nest/) (Winner)
Best Time Sink
Modern Warfare 3 (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/modern-warfare-3-sets-new-sales-record-775-million-in-five-days/)
Quora (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/quora)
Skyrim (http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/20/review-skyrim/) (Runner Up)
Turntable.fm (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/turntable-fm)
Words With Friends (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/words-with-friends) (Winner)
Biggest Social Impact
Charity: Water (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/charity-water) (Runner Up)
Khan Academy (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/khan-academy)
Kickstarter (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kickstarter)
Practice Fusion (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/practice-fusion)
Twitter (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter) (Winner)
Angel of the Year
Ron Conway (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ron-conway)
Paul Graham (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-graham)
Reid Hoffman (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/reid-hoffman) (Winner)
Keith Rabois (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/keith-rabois)
Naval Ravikant (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/naval-ravikant) and Babak Nivi (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/babak-nivi) (Runner Up)
Kevin Rose (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-rose)
VC of the Year
Marc Andreessen (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/marc-andreessen) & Ben Horowitz (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ben-horowitz) (Winner)
Matt Cohler (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/matt-cohler) (Runner Up)
Vinod Khosla (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/vinod-khosla)
Aileen Lee (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/aileen-lee)
Yuri Milner (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yuri-milner)
David Sze (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/david-sze)
Founder of the Year
Leah Busque (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/leah-busque) (Task Rabbit)
Brian Chesky (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/brian-chesky) (Airbnb)
Jack Dorsey (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jack-dorsey) (Square, Twitter) (Winner)
Susan Feldman (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/susan-feldman) & Ali Pincus (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ali-pincus) (One Kings Lane)
Drew Houston (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/drew-houston) (Dropbox) (Runner Up)
CEO of the Year
Dick Costolo (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/dick-costolo) (Twitter)
Daniel Ek (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-ek) (Spotify) (Runner Up)
Phil Libin (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/phil-libin) (Evernote)
Mark Pincus (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/mark-pincus) (Zynga)
Jeff Weiner (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-weiner) (LinkedIn) (Winner)
Best New Startup of 2011
Codecademy (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/codecademy) (Runner Up)
Fab (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fab-com)
Nest (http://techcrunch.com/tag/nest/)
Pinterest (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/pinterest) (Winner)
Turntable.fm (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/turntable-fm)
Best Overall Startup of 2011
Dropbox (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dropbox) (Winner)
Instagram (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/instagram)
Gilt Groupe (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gilt-groupe)
Spotify (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify)
Square (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/square) (Runner Up)
Tumblr (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/tumblr)
Thanks to everyone who watched, voted, or attended the Crunchies. This award show is about the tech community, and we're honored to have you as our readers.
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