Year's Hottest Names in Tech Emerge Triumphant at Sixth Annual Crunchies Awards14:18 EST Friday, February 01, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire) -- Celebrating the technology industry's key players and innovations in style, the sixth annual Crunchies Awards honored winners across 20 categories from Best New Startup to Founder of the Year last night. Co-hosted by TechCrunch and partners GigaOM and VentureBeat and emceed by actor and comedian John Oliver, the annual ceremony recognized top tech industry accomplishments of 2012. San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall was a packed house of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, acknowledging the achievements of peers during the show and into the industry's best after party. “In this industry, we all move forward at a break-neck pace, all of the time,” said Ned Desmond, chief operating officer of TechCrunch. “At the Crunchies, we take an evening to look back at tech's remarkable victories, and celebrate them accordingly.” Chosen by public voting, this year's winners included Fab, Reddit, Pinterest and Mark Zuckerberg. Full list of winners include: Best Technology AchievementMars Curiosity (Winner)Google Glass (Runner Up) Best Collaborative Consumption ServiceAirbnb (Winner)Uber (Runner Up) Best E-Commerce ApplicationFab (Winner)Karma/Facebook Gifts (Runner Up) Best Mobile ApplicationGoogle Maps (Winner)Evernote (Runner Up) Fastest Rising StartupSnapchat (Winner)Stripe (Runner Up) Best Content Discovery ApplicationPinterest (Winner)Flipboard (Runner Up) Best DesignPaper by Fifty Three (Winner)Square (Runner Up) Best Bootstrapped StartupTechmeme (Winner)Instapaper (Runner Up) Sexiest Enterprise StartupBox (Winner)Cloudera (Runner Up) Best International StartupSoundcloud (Winner)Spotify (Runner Up) Best Education StartupCodecademy (Winner)Coursera (Runner Up) Best Hardware StartupMakerbot (Winner)Raspberry Pi (Runner Up) Best Time SinkBuzzfeed (Winner)Letterpress (Runner Up) Biggest Social ImpactReddit (Winner)Indiegogo (Runner Up) Angel of the YearChris Dixon (Winner)Paul Graham (Runner Up) VC of the YearPeter Thiel (Winner)Jim Goetz (Runner Up) Founder of the YearKevin Systrom (Winner)Elon Musk (Runner Up) CEO of the YearMark Zuckerberg (Winner)Larry Page (Runner Up) Best New Startup of 2012Coursera (Winner)Lyft (Runner Up) Best Overall Startup of 2012Github (Winner)Palantir (Runner Up) ABOUT TECHCRUNCHTechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products and breaking tech news. The TechCrunch community includes more than two million friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google and other social media. ABOUT THE CRUNCHIESThe Crunchies (http://techcrunch.com/events/crunchies-2012/), founded by TechCrunch and co-hosted by GigaOm and VentureBeat, honor the most deserving startups, founders and investors across 20 categories from Best New Startup to Founder of the Year to Sexiest Enterprise Startup. Each year, community luminaries come together to celebrate a new year in tech with an award ceremony and after party. PressFor TechCrunchSara Crumley(415)361-3349techcrunch@shiftcomm.com