19. Managing Your Social Activity in Windows

If you follow a lot of friends on several social networks, it can be quite time consuming to manage them all. Log into Facebook to view your News Feed there, then onto Twitter to view the latest tweets, then onto LinkedIn to see what your contacts are saying there. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to follow all your friends’ activity in one place?

Well, in Windows 8 there is. The new People app enables you to consolidate tweets and status updates and posts from the people you follow on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other networks. Viewing all your friends’ activity is just a click (or ...

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