Github Wins The 2012 Crunchie For "Best Overall Startup", May The Fork Be With You

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 2012. Only one is even a purely consumer service -- and Instagram's photo-sharing app is mobile-oriented at that. Fab and Square respectively provide a marketplace for well-designed goods, and a real-world payment system for small businesses. Our second-place startup of the year is Palantir, a company that started in 2004, that analyzes ...