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Title: Google Contacts blocks FaceBook
Post by: TallTroll on November 07, 2010, 11:00:20 PM
>> In Sep at Google Zeitgeist, Eric Schmidt said: "The best thing that would happen is for Facebook to open up its data," Schmidt said. "Failing
>> that there're other ways to get that information."

http://www.ditii.com/2010/11/05/google-contacts-api-update-now-block-facebooks-access-to-gmail-contacts/

I thought they didn't approve of scraping  ;D
Title: Re: Google Contacts blocks FaceBook
Post by: bill on November 08, 2010, 08:14:46 AM
I had a nice app that was scraping FB photos and birthdays into my GG Contacts. It stopped working right after this.
Title: Re: Google Contacts blocks FaceBook
Post by: Rupert on November 08, 2010, 08:25:58 AM
The Google phone was pulling in photos from Facebook, and combining the Facebook photo with the Google contact. 

I shut of the facebook feed as I got fed up of the crap coming through from Friends and family :) So not tried it in the last three weeks.



I could not help myself clicking on the Buy a PR9 link ad :)  Just knew it was wrong, buy had to  :-[