Google Releases People API

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This new People API will allow developers to retrieve data about an authenticated users's connections from their contacts, and it will eventually replace the Contacts API.

Previously, developers had to make multiple calls to the Google+ API for user profiles and the Contacts API for contacts. The new People API uses the newest protocols and technologies...link [android-developers.blogspot.com]

Getting started with People API [developers.google.com...]