For much of human history, written communication was accomplished by hand. Every character had to be painstakingly carved into clay or inked onto parchment. Only in the mid-nineteenth century, with ...

When I was a kid, I’d absorb hints and cheat codes for the latest Nintendo games through a sort of osmosis. On playgrounds or at friends’ houses, we’d trade these bits of wisdom as if they were arcane ...

Modern keyboard largely refers to the working computer component rather than the musical instrument. The keyboard is an integral part of all present-day activities, including education, profession, ...

Ready to save yourself tons of time and effort? These Gboard tricks for Android are just what the (smartphone) doctor ordered. If there’s one thing we Android-totin’ pterodactyls take for granted, ...

If there’s one app you rely on more than any other on your phone, it’s probably the app that controls your on-screen keyboard. It’s a funny sort of realization, I realize — ’cause a keyboard isn’t ...

Most 2nd graders practice the Christopher Columbus method of typing–“find a key and land on it”–but Guatam Vangipuram’s tiny hands fly across his computer keyboard with impressive speed. The ...

It seems Apple added text expansion to iOS 5 and decided not to mention it. This is a great, highly-desired feature that can save you tons of time typing frequent phrases and long words. Here's how to ...