Celebrities and Politicians Honor Steve Jobs at Webby Awards


Updated 05/22/12 9:54 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Steve Jobs Video at The Webby Awards

Famous for its five-word acceptance speeches, last night's Webby Awards honored Steve Jobs in its perfectly succinct fashion. Actors John Hodgman and Justin Long — of the PC and Mac commercials — took the stage, along with Richard Dreyfuss — narrator of the "Here's to the crazy ones . . . " "Think Different" Apple ad — to introduce the video of Hollywood heavyweights, politicians, and Read more

Anna Wintour's Geek Love at Last Night's Webby Awards


Updated 11/27/11 5:49 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Anna Wintour Webby Acceptance Speech

Fresh from his performance at Sunday's Tony Awards, Daniel Radcliffe presented the People's Voice Award in the fashion category to Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour at last night's Webby Awards in New York City. While the fashion legend may not be an obvious choice for a digital culture award, her direction earned Vogue.com recognition as the best fashion website of the year. The Webbys have a Read more

How to Watch the Webby Awards Live Online


Updated 06/13/11 4:27 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

The 15th Annual Webby Awards Live Stream

We may already know which nominees are taking home the Webby award in the favorite celebrity (Team Coco), weird (Awkward Family Photos), and humor (Funny or Die) categories, among others, but wouldn't you like to see the five-word acceptance speeches live? Hosted by Lisa Kudrow, the 15th Annual Webby Awards ceremony takes place in NYC tonight with stars like Zach Galifianakis, Dan Savage, LCD Read more

Webby Award Nominees Announced


Updated 04/13/10 11:35 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

2010 Webby Award Nominations Announced

The 14th annual Webby Award nominations were announced today, and a few of our favorites are in the running for the "Internet's highest honor." With a huge field of 350 nominees (five nominees for 70 categories), the 2010 Webbies are divided into four sections — websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile. Notables on the list include College Humor for (obviously) best Read more

The Webby Awards Name Top Internet Moments of the Decade


Updated 11/19/09 11:15 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

The Webby Awards Name Top 10 Internet Moments of the Decade

The 2000s were an important decade for the Internet. It was a platform for endless amounts of innovation, a ton of new ideas and content, and it brought lots of change. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to whittle down all of the important things that have happened into a list of only 10. Thankfully popular awards organization the Webby Awards took the initiative to do it themselves and released a Read more

Brad Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres Get Nominated For a Webby


Updated 04/09/08 7:40 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Brad Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres Get Nominated For a Webby

For their contributions and support in the rebuilding of New Orleans with the Make It Right website, Brad Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres have been nominated for a 2008 Webby Award! The website, founded by Pitt, received a nomination in the activism category. The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, released its entire list of 2008 nominees today, which span Read more

GeekSugar's Picks For Webby Award Wins


Updated 04/13/11 3:19 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

2011 Webby Award Nominees

The 2011 Webby Award nominees were announced yesterday. Head over now and vote for your favorites in the People's Voice category! Although it took time to sift through all the categories, websites, apps, and people up for the honor this year, we picked out our 10 favorites to showcase here. Find out who we couldn't get enough of, and tell us who you're voting for in this slideshow! Read more

Patton Oswalt Searches For the First Internet Commenter


Updated 05/16/12 3:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Patton Oswalt First Internet Commenter Funny or Die Video

Ahead of next Monday's 16th annual Webby Awards, this year's show host Patton Oswalt went in search of one of the Internet's greatest mysteries: the first commenter. Who was that perceptive person that decided to help fellow Internet users recognize their feat of being the first person to comment on a funny pet video, "First!!" was the most appropriate comment? Watch as the comedian Read more

6 Apps Worth Downloading Now


Updated 05/02/12 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Award Winning Apps For Kids

I love a good app for my kids as much as the next mom, but finding a decent one can be worse than a searching for a needle in a haystack. Nobody wants to pay good money for an app that's just going to sit on their iPad while the kids go back to playing Angry Birds. That's why I am excited about six of the apps nominated for Webby awards this year. Of the multitude of apps honored with Read more