Transfer Facebook Birthdays and Events To Google Calendar And Cell Phone

A lot of us are on facebook and have friends on facebook and im sure it means a lot if you remember your friends' birthday and wish him/her on that day . Well considering that all of us have a LOT of friends on facebook , its difficult for us to remember all their birthdays. So here is a way to get notified in advance when it is your friend's birthday either via email or even on your phone as a reminder . Here is how you do it :


Here are the requirements for this :
1)A facebook account
2)A Google Calendar account
3)A smartphone with exchange support ( if you would like alerts on your phone )

Step 1 : Login to your facebook account and go to THIS LINK so that birthday exporter will export your birthday to an iCal file. Now download the ical file.

Step 2 : NOw login to google calendar and create a new calendar(ex : fb bday)



Step 3 : NOw go to Settings and choose calendar settings and go to CALENDAR


Step 4 : Click on import calendar and select the ical file you just downloaded earlier.

Step 5 : Once the ical import is done go to the google calendar homepage and you should see all your friends birthday listed

Step 6 : NOw to get Notifications , go to Settings->Calendar Settings->Calendar and next to the calendar you created ex: fb bday click on notifications

Step 7 : Then select Add a reminder and select how you want to be reminded. LIke for example via email 1 day before the event.



Step 8 : Click on Save and your done.
Step 9 : To get notifications on your phone , you would need to use Google Sync
Step 10 : Here is a LINK to how you can setup google sync with your smart phone.