Microsoft's new Snip app turns your screenshots into stories

Microsoft is finally making screenshots in Windows way more manageable.

The company introduced a new way to capture screenshots Thursday called Snip, a standalone app that lets you add your voice and doodles to screen grabs.

Snip is a lightweight Windows app that floats at the top of your screen so you can easily access it while you're browsing or working in other apps. The app allows you to capture your current screen, an image from your webcam or create a new whiteboard image by doodling with a pen tool

But Snip doesn't limit you to static images and doodles. It has a built-in recording feature that allows you to add voice recordings as you annotate. Recordings are converted into video files that you can share via email, link or get in an embeddable format hosted by Microsoft. Read more...