Google Social Graph API
Currently we have to sign up at these new SNS (Social Network Sites) and re-enter all of our information. This has got to go, plus why in the world would someone want to KEEP your information? You gotta wonder. So Google has come out with a new api called Google Social Graph. Now with out having to ask permission you can gain access to your information from any one of the participating websites. Yes, some companies do not want to share the user information with you.
The system can find out the relationships you have just by looking in googles massive database of websites and looking for key markup (XFN and FOAF). Getting Popular uses this new tool to find your connections on the web and automatically build assingment to each. Now any time you want to find the location of your friends profiles or how strong your connection is with them, you just have to login and update your Getting Popular profile.
(Image above and more information can be found at: http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/docs/)
