Formed to honor excellence on the Internet, The Webby’s celebrate some of the best products, webpages, gadgets, and software found globally on the Internet.
From the Webby’s press release:
The Webbys is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) — a 1,000+ member judging body that includes Executive Members comprised of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.
The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as actor Kevin Spacey, musician David Bowie, Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf, Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post Media Group, Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone, Chairman and Founder of R/GA Bob Greenberg, Co-Founder of Instagram Kevin Systrom, Executive Creative Director at Google Lab, Iain Tait, Mozilla CEO and Chair Mitchell Baker, Tumblr Founder David Karp, and Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, Lawrence Lessig. The 18th Annual Webby Awards received 12,00 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states and generated over 900 million media impressions worldwide.
Here is the list of winners:
Best Practices: The NYTimes app for iPhone & iPod touch
Best Use of Device Camera: Glasses
Best Use of GPS or Location Technology: Glympse
Best Use of Mobile Video: Vine
Best User Experience: Netflix User Interface Update
Best Visual Design Aesthetic: Dots
Best Visual Design – Function: Urbanears
City & Urban Innovation: Points
Education & Reference, Handheld: TXTBKS
Education & Reference, Tablets and Other Devices: TED
Entertainment, Handheld: Team Coco Sync App
Entertainment, Tablets and Other Devices: HISTORY app
Experimental & Innovation: NATALIA PROJECT
Games, Handheld: Dots
Games, Tablet and Other Devices: BADLAND
Guides/Ratings/Reviews: Jetpack City Guides
Health & Fitness: Glow
Lifestyle, Handheld: EverythingMe
Lifestyle, Tablet and Other Devices: Jaime Oliver’s Recipes
Media Streaming Service: Public Radio Player
Podcasts: Stitcher Radio
Productivity: Pocket
Services & Utilities, Handheld: Loom
Services & Utilities, Tablet & Other Devices: Pocket
Shopping, Handheld: Gilt
Social Gaming: QuizUp
Social: Tumblr
Sports, Handheld: The Nike SB App
Travel, Handheld: Airbnb iOS app
Travel, Tablet & Other Devices: Kayak
