Killer Tech Tips

Here are some underappreciated, and unnoticed Facebook features that you might want to take a look at:

1. Follow news from brands you’ve liked

Chances are you’ve already liked a bunch of fan pages on Facebook based on your interests. Just hit the Most Recent option in the top right and choose Pages from the drop-down list. This helps you keep track of what’s happening in topics/brands of your interest.

2. Export birthdays in calendar format

Facebook gives you a quick way to sync your friends’ birthdays to your online calendar. Go to Events > Birthdays in Facebook and you can then export birthdays to any calendar application you’ve got – Google/Yahoo Calendar, or iCal, for that matter. You can then set up birthday reminders from there.

3. See how your profile is visible to your friends

Thanks to the myriad privacy settings on Facebook, what’s visible to whom is always unclear. From the Facebook Privacy Settings page, you can hit Preview my profile and then choose to see how your profile is visible for people in your friends’ list. You can then review your privacy settings.

4. See recent photos from your friends in one page

Google+ Photos page is pretty easily discoverable, thanks to the photos icon that’s placed near the Google+ logo on top. Facebook has a similar ‘Photos’ page that displays recently uploaded photos from your friends in one place. You can hit ‘Photos’ from the left panel in Facebook’s homepage to get to it.

5. Use shortcuts for quick navigation

You can navigate around Facebook pages using shortcuts – for instance, Alt+1 takes you to the news feed, and Alt+5 takes you to the notifications page. These shortcuts work in Chrome, and if you’re on Firefox, you could substitute Alt with Alt+Shift. For a full list of keyboard shortcuts, see this Lifehacker article.

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