TechCrunch50

TechCrunch, together with Jason Calacanis hosted the TechCrunch50( [http://www.techcrunch50.com/2008/ website] ) on September 8-10, 2008 in San Francisco, California. However, more than 1700 people were in attendance for day 1.

TechCrunch50 finalists of 2008

* [http://www.blahgirls.com Blah Girls] - Backed by Ashton Kutcher, Blah Girls is a gossip site that features a group of animated teenage girls who provide opinions on what’s going on in the world of entertainment
* [http://www.tweegee.com Tweegee] — A hub for preteens, Tweegee offers the youth market a suite of online tools for social interaction and organization
* [http://www.shryk.com Shryk] — Web-based financial software for children aimed at promoting financial literacy and good saving habits
* [http://www.hangout.net Hangout Industries] — Blends social networking with virtual worlds by creating a 3D, online environment where 16-24 year olds can chat and share media
* [http://www.dotspots.com DotSpots] — Tracks the memes spreading across the web, aggregates the content associated with them, and gives everyone Wikipedia-like control over that content
* [http://www.angstro.com Angstro] — Lets you set up a feed of news about your friends, instead of news by your friends
* [http://www.livehit.com www.livehit.com] — Tracks the music, videos, and entertainment sites people are clicking on right now
* [http://www.stockmood.com Quant the News] — Creator of [http://www.stockmood.com StockMood.com] , a service that tracks the sentiments of online news stories about stocks and then measures their potential impact on the direction of those stocks’ prices
* [http://www.fairsoftware.net/home FairSoftware] — Creates virtual shares around software projects that gives each contributor a portion of any resulting revenues
* [http://www.yammer.com Yammer] — A web application designed for businesses and organizations that asks its users to answer the question, “What are you working on?”
* [http://www.connectivelogic.co.uk Connective Logic] — Along with the company’s real-time middleware, Blueprint will make it easier for developers to design, generate code, and deploy complex multi-core software applications without requiring expertise in multi-threaded software development
* [http://www.devunity.com Devunity] — A platform for writing code in a browser-based editor that doesn’t force developers to use a proprietary layer
* [http://opentrace.org OpenTrace] - Traces items through the supply chain and adds them together to show the impact of products on the environment
* [http://www.byburt.com Burt] — Collects user data to tailor individual advertising campaigns and target users more effectively
* [http://www.adgregate.com Adgregate Markets] — Brings online stores to consumers through a display ad that is a fully transactional widget
* [http://www.adrocket.com Adrocket] — Contextual text-based advertising for email; assigns keywords to each address depending on known demographic and contextual data
* [http://www.otherinbox.com OtherInBox] — Provides an easy way to quarantine the spam and the messages you receive from online services
* [http://tingz.net Tingz] — Offers a unified platform for delivering internet content across multiple devices including mobile phones and PCs
* [http://www.mixtt.com MIXTT] — A group based social network/dating site that encourages real world interaction that’s more comfortable than the 1-on-1 format of most similar sites
* [http://www.imindi.com Imindi] — Based on neuroscientific principles, Imindi’s Thought Engine tries to exceed human thought and help its users find new ideas, concepts, and questions on the Web
* [http://www.popego.com Popego] — Surfaces the most meaningful information from within your social graph based on your interests and other factors
* [http://www.personalria.com PersonalRIA] — Allows users to shadow a professional investment advisor’s portfolio, automatically executing trades (which most brokerage sites cannot do)
* [http://www.emerginvest.com Emerginvest] — A global finance portal that helps you invest in international stock markets.
* [http://www.exchangep.com ExchangeP] — Dubbed a “fantasy stock market,” ExhangeP’s service allows users to sign up for free and start investing in private companies
* [http://me-trics.com Me-trics] — Let's you see how mood, weight, and goals correlate with other metrics, including web services like Facebook or RescueTime
*iCharts — YouTube for embeddable, interactive charts
* [http://www.mytopia.com Mytopia - A gaming platform that lets players compete across mobile devices and social networks
* [http://www.tonchidot.com Tonchidot] — Makes the Sekai Camera, a camera system that aims to merge the virtual and real worlds by using a digital device as a viewfinder
* [http://www.mobclix.com Mobclix] — An analytics and monetization platform for iPhone developers
* [http://www.fitbit.com FitBit] — Developing a small wireless sensor called the Fitbit Tracker, which automatically records data about a person’s activities, calories burned, sleep quality, steps, and distance throughout the day
*Alfabetic - Translates any blog or Website into another language and places ads alongside it in the new tongue
* [http://www.postbox-inc.com Postbox] — Based on Mozilla technology, Postbox saves users time when looking for particular information within their email
* [http://www.swypeinc.com Swype] — A new method of text input on touch screens; does away with traditional “hunt and peck” in favor of a more fluid motion
* [http://www.getdropbox.com DropBox] — Provides an easy way to backup your files, share them with coworkers and friends, and synchronize them between computers
* [http://www.videosurf.com VideoSurf] — A visual video search engine that allow users to search across millions of videos for a given actor and to view summaries of videos through a series of detected keyframes
* [http://www.gazopa.com GazoPa] — An image search engine developed by Hitachi that uses visual similarities between photos to suggest matches (rather than simply relying on keywords).
* [http://www.fotonauts.com Fotonauts] — A photo sharing application that turns every album instantly into a Web page.
* [http://www.bojam.com Bojam] — Although there are a slew of online music services already on the Web, Bojam is trying to do something a bit different: it wants to connect musicians and allow them to collaborate over the Web.
* [http://www.grockit.com Grockit] - A “Massively Multi-Player Online Learning Game”
* [http://blog.akoha.com Akoha] — A web-based social game played with trading cards aimed at spreading good deeds around the world
* [http://www.atmosphir.com Atmosphir] — A platform for creating 3D interactive games by selecting blocks (such as a sand castle tower, fireball-breathing bird, or trap door) and snapping them onto a grid.
* [http://www.playce.com PlaYce] — Provides a 3D virtual world inside the browser for games and social interaction that is based on the real world
* [http://www.closetcouture.com Closet couture] — Fashionistas need a social network too and Closet Couture is looking to give them one by connecting them to other fashion lovers, stylists, and retailers

* [http://www.footnote.com Footnote] — For those looking to create historical records of loved ones or themselves, Footnote offers a timeline-based archive where you can upload photos and documents linked to historical databases
* [http://www.causecast.org Causecast] — Causecast leverages social networking to connect nonprofits, leaders, celebrities and brands with those who want to make a difference through good causes
* [http://www.srinteractive.com Shattered Reality Interactive] — A new massively multiplayer online game (think World of Warcraft) that lets the crowd guide the direction of future expansions
* [http://www.goodguide.com GoodGuide] - Provides information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies
* [http://www.goplanit.com GoPlanit] — A one-click travel planner that assembles a customized trip itinerary with the click of a button; also supports mobile microblogging
* [http://www.truecar.com TrueCar] - A site that allows users to assess the current market value of their automobiles in a given geographic area
* [http://www.goodrec.com Goodrec] - A mobile and online recommendation service that provides brief, to-the-point recommendations from friends and trusted sources

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