diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 8e122af..2a512f8 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/usermanagement-core.HEAD"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2adff5d..a3bd99a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,5 +145,10 @@
 			<artifactId>social-library</artifactId>
 			<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
+			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/ApplicationNewsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/ApplicationNewsManager.java
index bd03a32..611c83d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/ApplicationNewsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/ApplicationNewsManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
 import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.ex.ApplicationProfileNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.imageType.ImageType;
 import org.gcube.common.core.contexts.GHNContext;
 import org.gcube.common.core.informationsystem.client.ISClient;
 import org.gcube.common.core.informationsystem.client.XMLResult;
@@ -172,4 +174,11 @@ public class ApplicationNewsManager extends SocialPortalBridge implements NewsMa
 				true);
 		return toReturn;
 	}
+	@Override
+	public boolean shareApplicationUpdate(String feedtext, String uriGETparams,
+			String previewTitle, String previewDescription,
+			InputStream previewThumbnailInputStream, ImageType imageExtension) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/UserNotificationsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/AslNotificationManager.java
similarity index 93%
rename from src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/UserNotificationsManager.java
rename to src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/AslNotificationManager.java
index c865595..f12ff49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/UserNotificationsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/AslNotificationManager.java
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.homelibrary.home.workspace.sharing.WorkspaceMessa
  *
  * use to notify users from within your application 
  */
-public class UserNotificationsManager extends SocialPortalBridge implements NotificationsManager {
+public class AslNotificationManager extends SocialPortalBridge implements NotificationManager {
 
-	public UserNotificationsManager(ASLSession session) {
+	public AslNotificationManager(ASLSession session) {
 		super(session);
 	}
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NewsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NewsManager.java
index 2f8cc09..804bcd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NewsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NewsManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.imageType.ImageType;
+
 
 
 /**
@@ -35,4 +39,16 @@ public interface NewsManager {
 	 * @return true if the update is correctly delivered, false otherwise
 	 */
 	boolean shareApplicationUpdate(String feedtext, String uriGETparams, String previewTitle, String previewDescription, String previewThumbnailUrl);
+	/**
+	 * use to share an update from your application with a reference to the news object and with a link preview passing its input stream
+	 * 
+	 * @param feedtext add a description for the update you are sharing
+	 * @param uriGETparams additional parameters if your application supports the direct opening of of this update's object  e.g. id=12345&type=foo
+	 * @param previewTitle the title to show in the preview
+	 * @param previewDescription the description to show in the preview
+	 * @param previewThumbnailInputStream the image url Input Stream to show in the preview
+	 * @param imageExtension the image Extension
+	 * @return true if the update is correctly delivered, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean shareApplicationUpdate(String feedtext, String uriGETparams, String previewTitle, String previewDescription, InputStream previewThumbnailInputStream, ImageType imageExtension);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationsManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationManager.java
similarity index 99%
rename from src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationsManager.java
rename to src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationManager.java
index c983c3e..9de7c33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/NotificationManager.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.homelibrary.home.workspace.sharing.WorkspaceMessa
  * @version 0.1 Dec 2012
  *
  */
-public interface NotificationsManager {
+public interface NotificationManager {
 	/**
 	 * use to notify a user he got a workspace folder shared
 	 *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/imageType/ImageType.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/imageType/ImageType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc386fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/applicationsupportlayer/social/imageType/ImageType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.imageType;
+
+public enum ImageType {
+	JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, PDF, BMP;
+}
diff --git a/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst b/target/maven-status/maven-compiler-plugin/compile/default-compile/createdFiles.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/target/profile.xml b/target/profile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..664f77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/profile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<ID></ID>
+	<Type>Library</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>ASL Social Library</Description>
+		<Class>ApplicationSupportLayer</Class>
+		<Name>aslsocial</Name>
+		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Name>aslsocial</Name>
+				<Version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
+					<artifactId>aslsocial</artifactId>
+					<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Files>
+					<File>aslsocial-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+</Resource>