Adobe Systems Inc. announced that it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide, about 9% of its workforce. The company announced it would incur between $65 million and $71 million in restructuring charges because of the layoffs.

Adobe Systems Inc. has introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android software, extending Adobe digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile operating system. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing tools, color adjustments and photo-sharing capabilities. Photoshop.com Mobile optimizes the camera-phone experience by allowing users to browse for their photos online and on their phone, directly from the application, added Adobe.

Research In Motion and Adobe Systems Inc. expanded their collaboration and announced that creative professionals and application developers will be able to use the Adobe(R) Flash(R) Platform technology and Adobe Creative Suite(R) content development and authoring tools to easily create rich content and application experiences for BlackBerry(R) smartphones. Future versions of Adobe Creative Suite starting with Adobe Creative Suite 5 will provide the ability for designers to create optimized graphic assets, such as image and video content, from tools such as Adobe Photoshop(R), Adobe Illustrator(R) and Adobe After Effects(R), for the BlackBerry platform. These graphics assets can then be easily imported into BlackBerry application development tools, including the BlackBerry(R) Java(R) Plug-in for Eclipse(TM) (www.blackberry.com/developers/java) and the BlackBerry(R) Web Plug-in for Eclipse(TM) (www.blackberry.com/developers/web), for use in applications and user interfaces. Backgrounds, icons and images created with Adobe tools such as Adobe Photoshop will also be able to be used in the new BlackBerry(R) Theme Studio (www.blackberry.com/developers/themes) to create compelling BlackBerry themes. Adobe Dreamweaver(R), Adobe Fireworks(R) and Adobe Device Central software will also be enabled to support the creation and testing of BlackBerryWidgets and web content optimized for the BlackBerry(R) Browser. Additionally, users will be able to directly import photos and video captured on their BlackBerry smartphones and edit them using Adobe's consumer offerings including Photoshop Elements and Photoshop.com.