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Drumroll...Crunchies Awards announced. Check out the winner of the sixth annual competition and award ceremony to recognize the most compelling startups and technology innovations of 2012.  | Matt Burns And like that, The 6th Crunchies Annual Award Show is in the bag. John Oliver provided a night of laughs while TechCrunch, GigaOm and Venture Beat jointly... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas Apple took the title of largest mobile maker by volume in the U.S. in Q4 2012, according to Strategy Analytics, which said Cupertino rose to the top of the U.S.... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington Sony is gearing up for a big announcement on February 20, according to invitations it sent out to the media on Thursday. The smart money was already on a... read more | | | |  | Eric Eldon In case you weren't sure that Silicon Valley had moved beyond from consumer web companies, take a look at the top five finalists for the best overall startup of... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington Google is apparently doing a good job of improving its supply stream issues and making good on promised delivery times for customers for new Nexus 4 orders –... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden He navigated the company that he founded in his college dorm room to a $104 billion IPO, the biggest in the history of tech companies; then led it past one... read more | |  | Alexia Tsotsis seems as if, in our particular slice of time, many spheres of industry are coming to a breaking point; Will we be focused on marginal costs and continue doing... read more | |  | Leena Rao Lululemon has been able to create an impressive business on selling its high quality, comfortable active wear for women and men online and in retail stores. But... read more | |  | Frederic Lardinois Mobile photo messaging app Snapchat just won "Fastest Rising Startup" at this year's edition of the Crunchies. If startups are really all about growth, then... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas BlackBerry, the Canadian smartphone maker formerly known as RIM -- aka Research In Motion -- will start trading under its new name on February 4, with its new... read more | | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
