This week in APIs-June 27th-July 2nd »

All the best info on APIs this week.

Mozilla's JetPack API Survey: Mozilla is getting ready to release Mozilla 4 beta, and their most anticipated feature is the JetPack SDK. Mozilla did a survey to ask which APIs developers want most. The winner? Page Mods, which allows developers to alter webpages. More browser innovation with APIs is on the way.

Alcatel-Lucent acquires Programmable web: Alcatel-Lucent acquired API news and directory site ProgrammableWeb this week. A smart move and we're exciting to keep seeing great intelligence on the API economy from one of our fav sites.

E*Trade Open API: Online trading giant E*trade just announced their first Open API for third party developers! E*trade is hoping their API will lead to innovative investing applications- we're eager to see what they come up with.

New APIs - Every week a new API is released! Here are three we <3 :

GroopBuy-GroopBuy is a company that hunts down local deals for people. It was launched this year, and they just released their GroopBuy API. Companies that look for local deals and coupons are becoming hot, and developers using their APIs is an important part of that.

Drumbone-Sunlight Labs has just released their Drumbone API for data about legislators, bills, and roll call votes. Just adds to mounting evidence that the government is moving towards Web 2.0!

NakdReality-NakdReality is a company specializing in instant on-location search and augmented reality service. They also just opened up their API for developers, adding to the Geolocation API craze!

SXSW discussion on API trends and adoption »

Ross Turk shot a great video panel at SXSW on trends in developer and API adoption.

Sam Ramji and Greg Brail from Sonoa, Laura Merling from Alacatel-Lucent, and Martin Tanlow from 3scale talk about what they're seeing in world of APIs, from the latest mobile and social apps to Alcatel-Lucent's Open API strategy for developers building on service provider networks.