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Adobe Launches Chromebook Apps for Free, in the Name of Education

Starting this month, select Chromebook users will be able to download and use a full suite of Chromebook-optimized Adobe Android applications for free. From Photoshop Mix to Lightroom Mobile and more, Adobe wants to give students the tools they need to unlock their creativity inside the classroom and beyond.

This is What Adobe’s Cloud-Based Version of Photoshop Looks (and Works) Like

Two months ago, we told you that Adobe and Google were hard at work bringing Photoshop to the browser. Essentially, this version would run off of a server, allowing you to use as weak of a machine as you like, since the program isn't relying at all on your computer's processing power.

Up till now, that's really all we knew, but after two months of testing Adobe has pulled back the veil and given us a sneak peek at what 'Streaming Photoshop' -- as the program is called -- actually looks like.

Adobe Brings Cloud-Based Photoshop Beta to Chromebooks

Adobe has been making moves into the cloud for some time now (it is called Creative Cloud after all), so it doesn't come as a surprise to hear that the long-awaited Chromebook Photoshop beta is finally live and ready for cloud computing early-adopters to start putting through the ringer.

A Sneak Peek at the Google+ Photos App in the Chromebook Pixel

When the new Google Chromebook Pixel was announced a week ago, one of the new apps announced alongside it was for managing photographs. Photography played a bit part in the laptop's design: it has a 12.85-inch, 4.3 million pixel touchscreen (the highest pixel density of any laptop) that has a strange aspect ratio of 3:2 -- the aspect ratio of classic 35mm film.

Google Turns Times Square in NYC Into a Photo Gallery for Everyone’s Pictures

If you've always wanted your photography prominently displayed in New York City's Times Square, Google can help make it happen -- as long as you're okay with adding some text to your picture and participating in a marketing effort. To show that its new line of Chromebook laptops is designed for all kinds of users, the Mountain View-based company has launched a new campaign called For Everyone. It's a giant photo gallery that invites the world to upload photos that answer the question, "who are Chromebooks for?"