Chromebook For Dummies

Chapter 21

Ten Great Chrome OS Apps

Apps are all we hear about today. Apple, Microsoft, Google Play — heck, even BlackBerry has an application store. Needless to say, we are in application overload. Still, there are many extremely useful applications available for Chromebook users. In this section, you get a brief overview of ten apps that make your life on Chromebook more interesting, productive, and entertaining!

WeVideo

Just because you don’t have a lot of storage or resources on your Chromebook doesn’t mean you can’t have a lot of fun working with video. WeVideo is a great application for editing video anywhere in the world. Work in multiple editing modes (storyboard, timeline, or an advanced mode), and connect with your Facebook, Google Drive, or Dropbox to make dragging and dropping video files and photos easy. Add effects, text, transitions, and subtitles, and record voiceovers to bring your videos to life. You can export WeVideos to various web services in standard definition and high definition. Video is serious business on the Chromebook with WeVideo.

Angry Birds

You’ve been living under a rock for the past five years if you haven’t heard of Angry Birds. Angry Birds is a fun way to kill time with your Chromebook. Essentially, the premise of the game is to fling birds at the evil pigs that keep stealing bird eggs. There is quite a bit of strategy involved, especially in the more advanced levels, because you have to toss birds that can break through different materials ...