Following last month’s open nomination period, we’ve narrowed down each of the award categories to five or six finalists. The voting for the ultimate winners starts right now and ends at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on January 19. Everyone is allowed to vote once per category per day. Cast your votes here.
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Here are the finalists. If you’re one of them, you can encourage your fans to vote by creating a badge for your website.
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Best Internet Application
ChartBeat
Greplin
Pandora
Rdio
Ujam
Best Social App
Cityville
Dailybooth
Foursquare
GroupMe
Twitter
Best Social Commerce App
Blippy
Groupon
Jetsetter
LivingSocial
One King’s Lane
ShopKick
Best Mobile App
Bump
Chomp
Google Mobile Maps for Android
Hashable
Instagram
Best Location Based Service
Facebook Places
Foursquare
Gowalla
SimpleGeo
Uber
Best New Device
Boxee Box
Google Chrome Notebook
iPad
iPhone 4
Kno
Xbox Kinect
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Best Technology Achievement
Blekko
Google Self-driving cars
Hunch
Palantir
Qwiki
Word Lens
Best Design
1000memories
about.me
Airbnb
Flipboard
Gogobot
Qwiki
Best Touch Interface
Flipboard
Fotopedia Heritage iPad app
Osmos
Pulse
Sencha Touch
Swype
Best Bootstrapped Startup
Addmired (iMob)
Beluga
Easel Learning
Fast Society
Instapaper
Techmeme
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Best Enterprise
37 Signals
Buddy Media
CloudApp
Indinero
Millennial Media
Salesforce
Best International
Crivo
PCH International
Soluto
Viki
VNL
Wonga
Best Clean Tech
Coolerado
Kopernik
MicroGreen
Purealytics
Smith Electric Vehicles
Solar City
Best Time Sink Application
Angry Birds
Cityville
Netflix streaming
Quora
StumbleUpon
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Angel of the Year
Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
Ron Conway, SV Angel
Michael Dearing, Harrison Metal Capital
Chris Dixon, Founder Collective
Mike Maples, Floodgate
Paul Graham, Y Combinator
VC of the Year (individual)
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz
Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital
Jim Breyer, Accel Partners
John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Yuri Milner, DST
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Founder of the Year
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks
Dennis Crowley, Foursquare
Jack Dorsey, Square
Kevin and Julia Hartz, Eventbrite
David Karp, Tumblr
Mark Pincus, Zynga
CEO of the Year
Dick Costolo, Twitter
Reed Hastings, Netflix
Drew Houston, Dropbox
Andrew Mason, Groupon
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
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Best New Startup or Product of 2010
Flipboard
GroupMe
Instagram
Quora
Square
Uber
Best Overall Startup or Product of 2010
Facebook
Groupon
Quora
Twitter
Zynga
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