Adding social profiles to People App - Microsoft Surface

Has anyone figured out how to add social networks such as instagram and twitter to contacts in the People app? I've been trying to figure it out but I'm stumped.

nm. figured out how to connect them via this faq: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/people-faq

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[Q] New Facebook friends and People hub?

Hi All,
Does anyone know how often the People Hub checks Facebook to see if you've added new friends? Is there any way you can force it to "update"? I've recently added a few friends, but they have yet to show up in my contacts / People hub...
Any help appreciated!
Try Settings -> Email & Accounts -> Long Press on your Facebook account and click sync in the context menu.
Worked! Thanks for the quick reply!
I haven’t connected the People Hub to my Facebook (yet).
However, I’m getting Facebook updates in the hub because my Windows Live is linked to my Facebook.
So…how does it all work? If I connect my Facebook well I have a duplicate of events. Shall I disconnect my Facebook from my Windows Live? What do people recommend?
Also, with regards to syncing – if you press and hold the “what’s new” title a refresh box pops open.
i have facebook and windows live connected to facebook and both syncing to phone... don't see double ups of events.
I have my Facebook account setup and my Live connected to Facebook, there are no duplicates. I'm guessing when both are present its smart enough to just use one source.
Thanks guys (or girls – wonder who’s buying the wp7 most).
I’m currently trying to decide what to do with my Windows Live profile. It’s good having the contacts linked with Facebook, but don’t know if it needs to be a ‘second Facebook’. It’s my email first and foremost.
Everything I upload to Skydrive doesn’t need to be shared with Facebook.
'Tron said:
Thanks guys (or girls – wonder who’s buying the wp7 most).
I’m currently trying to decide what to do with my Windows Live profile. It’s good having the contacts linked with Facebook, but don’t know if it needs to be a ‘second Facebook’. It’s my email first and foremost.
Everything I upload to Skydrive doesn’t need to be shared with Facebook.
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You can (and should) disable that in the Facebook settings on Windows Live.
PG2G said:
You can (and should) disable that in the Facebook settings on Windows Live.
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Yes, I'm coming to the same conclusion. Windows Live does have layers of privacy, so it's not that which concerns me. It's more so that I don't need a second facebook.
Any particular reason why you've disable FB in Windows Live?
I didn't disable FB, I just disabled Windows Live from automatically posted pictures to FB Seems dangerous for every pic you take to go to Windows Live and thus to FB. Not all pics need to be public.
That said, I'm not really sure what you mean about having a second facebook. You mean in the phone? I've got FB linked, I have my FB account added, AND I have the FB app
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That said, I'm not really sure what you mean about having a second facebook.
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Nah, I was referring to how my Facebook posts were appearing on my Windows Live Profile page... I've changed it so that's no longer the case.
The way Microsoft has integrated Facebook with Windows Live confuses me. A lot of what Microsoft does confuses me - but I generally like their products.
WP7 - very smooth.
Edit: For example; I use Twitter & and Foursquare - yet they can't by integrated with Windows Live. Microsoft's goal of making Windows Live a 'one stop shop' for social networking feeds is a fail!
'Tron said:
I haven’t connected the People Hub to my Facebook (yet).
However, I’m getting Facebook updates in the hub because my Windows Live is linked to my Facebook.
So…how does it all work? If I connect my Facebook well I have a duplicate of events. Shall I disconnect my Facebook from my Windows Live? What do people recommend?
Also, with regards to syncing – if you press and hold the “what’s new” title a refresh box pops open.
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Your facebook account is connected to your Windows Live account at Live.com ...

[Q] How many of you sync your Facebook Contacts with Phone?

Once last time, I sync my Facebook app with my phone contacts. Then it "mess" up my contacts such as changing for me names of my contacts to what the contact use in Facebook. Because of that, I had nightmare.
I am just curious how many of you do sync your Facebook app with phone contacts? I ask because with all the integration of Google with Facebook and Twitter or even with social media websites, I was wondering to try sync again or not.
Like what's the benefits to sync?
Share your views please.
Thanks!
Someone from androidforums.com commented that:
I do. I found that to solve the problem with Facebook last names, you link the Facebook contact TO your google contact, not the other way around. If you link the Google contact to the facebook contact, it will use the name that's on facebook.
I find it extremely helpful to have my facebook contacts right in my phone. That way, if I need to contact somebody that isn't in my regular phonebook, i can contact them quickly.
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While waiting for his reply there, maybe I like to ask here too... how do I link FACEBOOK to GOOGLE? (right?) =D

What is your favorite social network management application?

Hi All!
I'm a little tired checking Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and other apps one by one...Is there an app that can manage multiple social network accounts? I know Hootsuite but I think it's not free...
Any suggestions? Apart from TweetDeck please.
Facebook
+1 one with Facebook
seesmic is a good one
Facebook and MySpace
I meant something that combines social networks in one app...like Tweetdeck.
I don't want to open each and every app separately.
I'll check that Seesmic - looks like it handles Facebook and Twitter. Thanks lowandbehold

facebook posts missing

Hi there,
it seems that some facebook "friends" of mine post messages on facebook...
but I can't see these messages on the peoples hub.
Anyone know why and what could be the problem? It is slightly annoying that I don't get al the messages on peoples hub.
kind regards,
I get all of the status updates and link shares, and that's all i need.
WP is treated by facebook as an app, so it does not get you everything, though i do not know what exactly it blocks.
It is your friends privacy settings. The WP7 Hub is seen as a '3rd party' app. If your friends, in their privacy settings, have disabled 3rd party applications accessing their feeds, then they will not show up in Windows Phone people hub. They will, however, show up in the proper facebook app as that is not seen as 3rd party.

[Q] How to auto backup photos to Picasa?

Let me start off by saying I do not do social media at all, including Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I know there is a way to automatically backup photos to a Google+ account but I do not want that. I want to be able to automatically upload pictures from my Nexus 5 to my Picasa account. Is this possible? If so, could someone tell me how?
Thanks!
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Let me start off by saying I do not do social media at all, including Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I know there is a way to automatically backup photos to a Google+ account but I do not want that. I want to be able to automatically upload pictures from my Nexus 5 to my Picasa account. Is this possible? If so, could someone tell me how?
Thanks!
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Picasa and Google+ Photos are now merged.
https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/1321133?hl=en
So would I have to have a Google+ profile in order to do this? I really don't want to do that.
Yes, but if you're currently using Picasa Web Albums you've given Google all the information they need for a G+ profile. All you need is a name and e-mail address, you don't need to put any other information on there and the profile defaults to everything being private.
Just keep in mind that Picasa Web Albums is really just a legacy way to access it and everything is being stored through Google+ now. If you're not happy about Google+ I would recommend switching to a different storage option like MyShoebox, Adobe Revel, Flickr, etc...

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