Facebook Blocks Friend Export to Google Plus

The application itself is a Google Chrome extension called Facebook Friend Exporter. Created by Mohamed Mansour, it was released back in November 2010, well before Google+ came out. The application lets users export contact information from Facebook – name, e-mail address, phone number, birthday, and more – and save it as a spreadsheet file. Users can also import the information directly into their Gmail address book, if they so choose. The exporter only works on the English version of Facebook. It’s become very popular; its home page states that it had more than 22,000 users as of July 5. Unf…