The Crunchies is a joint effort between us, GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and TechCrunch, and aims to recognize the best technology innovations and start-up achievements.
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Voting goes through January 10. An Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, January 18 at the Herbst Theater
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Best technology innovation / achievement
Earthmine
Like
Move Networks
Twine
Viewdle
Best bootstrapped start-up
FriendFeed
PoliticalBase
ProductWiki
Techmeme
UpNext
Best new gadget / device
iphone
Kindle
Ooma
Pleo
Wii
Best business model
Glam Media
Imeem
Prosper
Weatherbill
Zazzle
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Best design
Etsy
Jackson Fish Market
Netvibes
Smugmug
Songza
Best enterprise start-up
37Signals
Attributor
EditGrid
Ribbit
Zoho
Best consumer start-up
1800FREE411
23andMe
LinkedIn
Meebo
Zillow
Best mobile start-up
AdMob
Fring
Loopt
Shozu
Twitter
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Best international start-up
Atlassian
Gizmoz
MusicShake
Netvibes
OpenAds
Best user-generated content
Digg
Facebook
Geni
Instructables
Yelp
Best video site
Aniboom
Hulu
Joost
Justin.tv
Tokbox
Best clean tech start-up
A123 Systems
Ausra
Gridpoint
NanoSolar
Tesla Motors
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Best use of viral marketing
Flixster
iLike
iminlikewithyou
RockYou
StumbleUpon
Best time sink site
College Humor
Duels
kdice
Kongregate
Pandora
Most likely to make the world a better place
Causes
DonorsChoose
Kiva
One laptop per child
ZeroFootprint
Most likely to succeed
Kayak
Mint
Slide
Wordpress
Zivity
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Best start-up founder
Reid Hoffman
Max Levchin
Kevin Rose
Evan Williams
Mark Zuckerberg
Best start-up CEO
Gina Bianchini
Dick Costolo
Toni Schneider
Rob Solomon
Lance Tokuda
Best new start-up of 2007
Hulu
iMedix
Joost
Ribbit
Tumblr
Best overall
Digg
Facebook
GrandCentral
Twitter
Zillow
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