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Framebench’s Mail Markup tool makes it easy to annotate files from your Gmail inbox

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by on August 13, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Design collaboration service Framebench has released a new Chrome extension that makes it easy to annotate files over Gmail without having to download them to your computer. Mail Markup taps the new Gmail API to add a “Review Attachment” option to files in your Gmail account. You can draw with a pencil, add arrows or shapes and leave numbered annotations on the document. Text comments will then be pasted into an email draft with the marked-up image. While the annotation options are fairly lightweight, they should be enough for most basic markup needs. If you and your coworkers email each other…

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Who needs Pac-Man when you’ve got FRACKMAN!? A Web game to raise awareness about fracking in the UK

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by on August 13, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, UK

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The subject of ‘fracking’ – the process of injecting rock with a high-pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals to extract gas and oil – is highly controversial and viewed by many as a short-term answer to the much bigger issue of dependence on fossil fuels. With a backlash against the process growing in the UK, some organizations are trying to urge people to think about the potential ramifications of the practice. However, grass-roots campaigns and causes often suffer from the same problem: people just glaze over and carry along with their life unperturbed until it’s too late. That’s why at Central…

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Facebook launches cross-device reporting for ads, lets marketers track users across mobile apps and the Web

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by on August 13, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Facebook today launched a new feature for advertisers: cross-device reporting for ads. In short, marketers can now see where users saw an ad and where they converted, across mobile apps and the Web. To view cross-device conversions for campaigns, go to Facebook Ad Reports, click Edit Columns, and select Cross-Device in the left-hand menu: You might be wondering which part is new here. While Facebook targeting, delivery, and conversion tracking has always worked across devices, this new reporting shows how users are moving across devices before they convert. Let Facebook paint you a picture: Imagine seeing an ad for a…

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Reddit recommends that journalists ask for permission before covering stories from the site

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by on August 13, 2014 at 5:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Reddit has published a set of guidelines, dubbed “Pressiquette” for journalists that use the site. The company advises writers to message the original poster of a story or photo for permission before sourcing a post for an article. Here’s the paragraph in question: Respect the community when sourcing content. If you see an interesting story or photo on reddit, message the redditor who shared the piece to ask for their permission prior to using it in an article or list, ask how they would like it to be attributed, and provide them a deadline before you move on to another…

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What do people love to retweet?

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by on August 13, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the TwitterCounter blog. What makes a tweet worth sharing? Are there certain types of tweets that perform better than others? Short of being a famous celebrity, we looked into Twitter timelines and Social Media research and found the common types of tweets that people love to share: Breaking news Twitter has evolved into a social media platform where news breaks first. More and more people use Twitter to stay on top of the news and are eager to be the first to break it to their followers. Experience shows that tweets that are timely, news worthy and…

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