With the Art of Touch palette, people have access to an exclusive set of digital brushes and effects to create art in a modern Web browser using their mouse. Three brushes produce a ribbon, smoke or streak and, initially, five different effects can be added to each stroke with the click, swipe or flick of a mouse.

To help transform the way they work, the winners will receive Microsoft Office 365 free for a year for up to 25 employees. The five businesses also will each receive $25,000 to use toward business advertising, a check for $25,000 and a Microsoft executive for a day — who will work at the winner’s business or charity of choice.

Today’s announcement is an extension of the Shape the Future program, unveiled last week at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. The program aims to provide 1 million students from low-income families in the United States with the benefits of software, hardware and broadband Internet service over the next three years.

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