Evernote was my first thought as well, but have a feeling that as a company, they were not 'born' in 2008, it's just the year they seemed to explode. Maybe largely due to their superb iPhone app???
- Patrick Jordan
great question. NextBus (older than 2008, but to me I started using heavily in 2008)
- anna sauce
"Sunnyvale, CA – Oct. 20, 2004 – EverNote Corporation today announced the release of EverNote 1.0 beta for Windows, an easy to use, yet powerful note-taking solution. EverNote gives users a single place for all types of notes and information and makes them instantly accessible at any time, in any place. "
- Ken Sheppardson
"Emeryville, California – August 10, 2000 – NextBus Information Systems, Inc... has successfully taken the frustration out of using public transportation. On August 10, 2000, San Francisco's half-million transit riders will be able to access real-time vehicle arrival information, not schedules, on their wireless devices."
- Ken Sheppardson
Robert, changed my mind. Totally slipped that my friend started his design firm and it rocks! Tribute Media @corey_smith.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
I would have said TripIt, but I just checked and they launched at the end of 2007, so don't quite make it.
- John
Mr. Tweet... or tweetdeck? that's this year. FF is last year, right?
- anna sauce
One of my favorites would be blip.fm. I like being able to share my musical tastes one track at a time and having them broadcast over twitter / friendfeed and other services.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Nobody agrees with me about Logical Awesome and GitHub? EDIT: FWIW I agree ping.fm is pretty awesome too.
- Eric Florenzano
Social | Median, Peoplebrowsr, Google street view, Brightkite, new Facebook, star walk (iPhone app)
- Susan Beebe
Snapily.com - this startup has a unique technology, which was developed for 7 years and bringing something fresh and new to the this huge market of Photo Marchendising
- Yaron Orenstein
from twhirl
Evernote doesn't count, they've been around a while now and already had a good product before entering the cloud. I'll go with Tapulous. They make Twinkle and the Tap Tap rhythm game series on the iPhone. They've already set up downloadable tracks and licensed songs.
- Rodfather
I don't know how they make money, but I use the AirMe app for iPhone more than any other new company's product.
- Andrew
Already did this one! Socialmedian was the highest ranked independent co. With them purchased, I pick BackType.
- Louis Gray
definitely Tweetdeck, one guy working incredibly hard
- Patphelan
Nanosolar is my company of the year, even tho it was founded 2002, they got funding/released products this year, n they're real.
- Will Higgins™
@Hal - Meebo is a great company too, I think they were more '07. They keep getting better though, now with their introduction of Facebook and MySpace IM.
- Aaron Myers
I'll second Eric Florenzano with github. It's changed my interactions with the world more than anything else and has done so in a way that could outlast the company.
- Dustin Sallings
I also vote for dropbox. Totally seamless and knowing I can revert back to any version of a document helps me sleep better.
- Dylan Parker
I like dropbox. My only complaint about them, and it is neglible is the size of uploads and total remote size. Other than that, very nice.
- Robert Miller
HP. I'm biased. No they aren't new. I don't care. shut up. I love you.
- Bwana ☠