It sounds boring compared with Napster and Facebook, but Plaxo was an early social networking tool and a pioneer of the types of viral tricks that helped grow LinkedIn, Zynga and Facebook.
Three researchers won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry today for their work turning a protein found in jellyfish into a ubiquitous biotech tool that is used in drug discovery, genetic engineering and most types of research.
Her initial idea was that certain personality types would more easily excel at different jobs, and the tool was intended to be used by women entering the workforce during World War II.
Such chromosome information can also be a powerful tool for breeders as it helps them determine just what type of horse will be produced by different types of coupling.