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Getting a handle on typing on your company's iPad can dramatically improve productivity on the tablet. A number of typing apps exist for the iPad, with often significantly different designs and ...

Procrastination and random distractions are the root of many writing woes. It’s so easy to write three sentences and celebrate your accomplishment by scrolling through Twitter for an hour or put off ...

Mechanical keyboards are superior for tactile feedback. Virtual keyboards offer advantages that work well for the best Android tablets, phones, and even Chromebooks. One of our favorites is Gboard, ...

As a tech writer, details matter, so I immediately jumped on using Beeftext when I discovered it. It’s a typing application for Windows (there are alternatives for other operating systems I’ll cover ...

Typing on small screens can still be challenging, but today’s keyboard apps still focus on text entry over speech, despite the advances in voice-based computing and the increasing accuracy of speech ...

I grew up on a manual typewriter, the same one my mom used to write articles for Life Magazine in the ’50s and ’60s. It was a small portable in a beat-up canvas case, and you had to hit the keys hard.

The blank page is a common, intimidating hurdle for writers. Sometimes it helps to just start typing your first draft, allowing words to flow without over-thinking them. This app will help you do just ...

Even though the iPhone was designed with convenience in mind, there can still be something counterintuitive about its default keyboard. Occasionally, autocorrect errors or errant typing will result in ...

Learning to type has come a long way from banging out rows of f-f-f and j-j-j. So has the intended audience, which has moved from middle schoolers to include children as young as kindergarten. There’s ...

A screen as small as an Apple Watch is not designed for written interactions. That didn't stop rival manufacturers, like Will.i.am and his Dial smartcuff from including a tiny QWERTY onscreen, for ...