The world is already abuzz about Google+, even though it's not accessible to most. Still, many doubt that anyone, even the mighty one from Mountain View, can catch up to Facebook's half a billion (at least) active users. Unless, maybe there was a simple way to import your Facebook friends to your Google+ Circles. Indeed, there is an app for that. Actually, it's a Chrome extension.
The extension essentially extracts the data for each one of your Facebook friends and then converts it to one huge data file or ports it into Google contacts. The process of extracting all of your friends' data can be rather time-cons
On its face, 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 matter, as he writes in the app's description:
"Get *your* data contact out of Facebook, whether they want you to or not. You gave them your friends and allowed them to store that data, and you have right to take it back out! Facebook doesn't own my friends."
Of course, Facebook does allow you to download all your information, including wall posts, photos, and friend data, all in one big chunk, but it's not exactly a user-friendly chunk. Mansour's Chrome extension isn't a perfect solution to the problem of Facebook-to-Google+ migration either, but it's a start. I have to wonder how long it will last now that it -- and Google -- certainly have the more full attention of Facebook.