Chrome Extension Imports Facebook Friends to Google+

The world is already abuzz about Google+, even though it's non accessible to most. Still, some doubt that anyone, eventide the mighty unrivalled from Mountain View, can catch capable Facebook's incomplete a billion (at least) active users. Unless, maybe on that point was a simple mode to implication your Facebook friends to your Google+ Circles. Indeed, on that point is an app for that. In reality, it's a Chromium-plate extension service.

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Facebook Friend Exporter is the work of developer Mohamed Mansour, a programmer WHO works at Blackberry bush Jehovah Research in Motion, according to his online resume ( and his Google+ page), and develops open-source tools in his spare time. The extension wasn't fashioned with Google+ in idea; in fact, version 1 was released unlikely November, but it has exploded in the prehistoric week as the limited count of Google+ explorative users have gone searching for shipway to port over their entire Facebook world to Google.

The reference essentially extracts the information for each one of your Facebook friends then converts information technology to one huge file operating theatre ports it into Google contacts. The process of extracting all of your friends' data can equal rather clip-cons

Facebook Friend Exporter retrieves your Facebook data. (click to enlarge)

uming, depending connected your broadband speed and how many friends you have. After about half an hour, only 150 of my friends had been processed.

Facebook Protagonist Exporter (click to expound)

The app doesn't forthwith stuff all your Facebook friends right into Google+, either. It just makes them available in your Google contacts, thus you can past move them into Circles on Google+. Dead all, the multiple step process can take quite a while, and many users sustain reported problems ranging from getting "stuck" during the meaning process to crashed browsers.

On its aspect, the app seems to violate Facebook's Terms of Service, but IT's been around for many months now with over 17,000 downloads. And Mansour is very upfront about his feelings on the issue, as he writes in the app's description:

"Get *your* data contact stunned of Facebook, whether they neediness you to or non. You gave them your friends and allowed them to store that data, and you have right to take it crawfish! Facebook doesn't own my friends."

Of course, Facebook does allow you to download entirely your information, including wall posts, photos, and acquaintance data, all in one vauntingly chunk, but it's not exactly a user-friendly chunk. Mansour's Chrome extension isn't a double-dyed result to the problem of Facebook-to-Google+ migration either, but it's a offse. I have to wonder how long it will last now that it — and Google — certainly have the more full care of Facebook.