Google+ Pokes Facebook With Address Book Uploader

One of the most sought after feature in Google+ is an address book uploader. Why? mainly because Facebook is blocking third party apps like “Friend Exporter” from migrating data to Google+. So as an alternative, Google will now allow you to upload contacts in the standard CSV or vCard formats manually.

Presently, adding friends from other sites is a herculean task as you have to either rely on buggy exporters or manually type in email-id’s of all your friends.

“Many email systems— and even some social networks — put users in charge of their own data by helping them export their contacts in the standard CSV or vCard formats.” wrote Google+ Product Manager Rohit Khare. He says their uploader won’t mix your imported contacts up with all of your other Google Contacts.

The feature comes after Google opened up itself for feedback and criticism from early adopters. In its other update, users will be able to set the privacy setting of their gender on their Google+ Profile from later this week.