Skype has won the 2005 Webby Award for Telecommunications.Ê The Webby, called the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, is an award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. This year’s 9th annual awards received over 4,000 entries from more than 40 countries. Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, judges included musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and fashion designer Max Azria.
Webby Awards winners ranged from powerhouses like Mercedes-Benz USA (Automotive), Google (Best Practices), Merck (Health), and Skype (Telecommunications), and to up-and-coming or lesser-known sites like Graffiti Archaelogy (Arts), Dogster (Community), Rtm86.com (Personal Web Site), and 43 Things (Social Networking).
Past winners include Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo!, iTunes, Google, FedEx, BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, Salon Magazine, Evite, Meetup, Wikipedia, ESPN, Comedy Central, PBS, and The Onion.
