Windows 8 The People Application

August 24, 2012
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How to Launch It

  •   Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key.
  •   Search for the “People” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app.
               OR
     As an alternative, type “People” on the Start Screen. The app will come up in the search result  list. Clicking it will launch the app.

What It Does

The main screen shows your contacts aggregated from various social accounts. The other two sections show your as well as your contacts’ latest news feeds, tweets, posts, etc., from your accounts. Currently, People app can connect to the following social services.
  •   Microsoft Account
  •   Outlook
  •   Hotmail
  •   Google
  •   Facebook
  •   Twitter
  •   LinkedIn
After you connect to your desired services, you can view stuff like
  •   Contact details from all the services
  •   Facebook news feed
  •   Twitter Timeline
  •   Your Facebook posts
  •   Your Facebook notifications
  •   Your tweets
  •   Photos posted on the services
People app isn’t just a static content viewing app. You can interact with the connected services. For example, you can
  •   Like or comment on Facebook posts
  •   Share posts
  •   Retweet
  •   Reply to a tweet
  •   Favorite a tweet

App Tile

People app has a live tile, i.e., the tile of People app shows dynamic content after you have connected to online services.                          The type of content is dynamic, and includes contacts as well as latest notifications of the connected services.]]>


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