If you use both Facebook events and Google Calendar, combining the two is amazingly useful and pretty simple. Here’s how to do it:

Head over to Events on Facebook, and click on one of your ‘Upcoming events.’ Once you’re on the event page, click on the ‘Options’ button and select ‘Export Event’ from the dropdown, as shown below:

Next you’ll see the below lightbox popup. Here you’ll want to copy the URL under ‘Subscribe to all upcoming events on your calendar.’

Once you’ve copied the URL, open up Google Calendar and on the left-hand side you’ll see an option called ‘Other Calendars.’ Click on the drop down next to ‘Other Calendars’ and choose “Add by URL” as shown below.

Once the lightbox opens up, insert the URL you copied from Facebook and your Facebook events will now sync with Google Calendar.

Now you have no excuse for avoiding those events you purposely never clicked Yes to.

Lastly let’s finish strongly – here’s how to change which ads you are shown along your timeline:

It probably has something to do with your Advert Preferences – a selection of topics Facebook believes you’re interested in based on your profile, Pages you like or engage with, ads you click on and apps and websites you use.

It’s super interesting to understand more about what topics Facebook believes you’re interested in and within your Facebook settings, you can view and even edit these preferences.

To take a peek at your preferences, click on Settings in the top right corner of Facebook:

Then select Adverts, and click ‘Edit’ next to ‘Ads based on my preferences’:

You’ll then see the below screen, click ‘Visit Ad Preferences’ to view and edit your preferences:

No more being bothered by all those dating websites promising you everlasting love and dietary supplements making six-pack abs look easy.

You’re welcome Facebook users of the world, now if you could just stop sharing so many shitty videos that would be great.

[source:time]