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February 23, 2011 06:33 am GMT
As part of today's roll-out of Gingerbread updates to the Nexus One and Nexus S, Google also took an aggressive jab at Facebook: it has removed the ability of Facebook users to merge their "~Facebook phone directory' with the Contacts application on the Nexus S. In doing so Google has rekindled the battle over contacts that it initiated last November, in which Google has argued that Facebook is locking up user data. But before we get into the implications, it's prudent to explain how things have worked until this point.Right now when you fire up the Android Facebook application on the Nexus S for the first time, you're given the option to "~Sync friends with Contacts'. Enable the feature, and the next time you open your Android address book you'll see your Facebook contacts " including their phone numbers, assuming they've added them to their Facebook profiles " listed alongside the contacts stored in your Google address book. In short, your Facebook and Google contacts are all seamlessly listed in the same place. It's pretty nice.But now Google has decided to turn off the feature on the grounds that users can't export any of their Facebook contact data " they can see it in their address book, but the data isn't actually stored as part of the phone's contacts database.
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Google Renews Battle Over Facebook Contacts, Removes Phone Directory Sync On Nexus S
As part of today's roll-out of Gingerbread updates to the Nexus One and Nexus S, Google also took an aggressive jab at Facebook: it has removed the ability of Facebook users to merge their "~Facebook phone directory' with the Contacts application on the Nexus S. In doing so Google has rekindled the battle over contacts that it initiated last November, in which Google has argued that Facebook is locking up user data. But before we get into the implications, it's prudent to explain how things have worked until this point.Right now when you fire up the Android Facebook application on the Nexus S for the first time, you're given the option to "~Sync friends with Contacts'. Enable the feature, and the next time you open your Android address book you'll see your Facebook contacts " including their phone numbers, assuming they've added them to their Facebook profiles " listed alongside the contacts stored in your Google address book. In short, your Facebook and Google contacts are all seamlessly listed in the same place. It's pretty nice.But now Google has decided to turn off the feature on the grounds that users can't export any of their Facebook contact data " they can see it in their address book, but the data isn't actually stored as part of the phone's contacts database.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/WQZ0ix4Kyfk/
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