PeopleMaps finds new and 'hidden' connections - InternetNews.com

Hoping to make a connection with the hiring director at a company or trying to break through to the purchasing manager to pitch a product? A personal connection always helps in these matters and a new service unveiled this week by 7 Degrees aims to facilitate just that.

PeopleMaps is available in both free and professional editions. The service lets users automatically search their personal contacts from Outlook, LinkedIn, Facebook, Gmail and Yahoo, while simultaneously searching a massive social graph 7 Degrees has collected from a variety of Internet and premium data sources. The PeopleMaps "graph engine" then instantly analyzes all of this data to uncover "connection paths" to any person or company...