Connecting to a Social Network

As we said, the People app is your gateway to working with social networks on Windows 8. Through the People app you can connect to a half dozen networks, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google. In each case, you are giving permission for your Microsoft account to use data from and post data to the social network account. So, of course, it means you must be using a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows 8 before you can connect to any social network using the People app.

Image To learn how to set up a Microsoft account, seeSetting Up User Accounts,” p. 68.

Here are the general steps required to connect your ...

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