Because iOS is a variant of macOS, it has a lot in common with the Mac. One of the things that iOS shares with the Mac is the keyboard. Not the on-screen keyboard, but the real, physical, ...

I collect text editors the way other people collect stamps. Do people still collect stamps? Let's assume they do, and in great abundance. When a new editor comes out I've got to see what it does. This ...

Emoji are sooooo last year. It’s almost 2017 and it’s time to change things up. You’ve been sending messages packed full of emoji for years now, just like everyone else. In fact, even your parents and ...

We've looked at various folding portable keyboards designed to make it easy for those that like some tactile feedback when entering text on mobile devices. But California-based WayTools has taken a ...

With Windows Phone a failure and Windows 10 Mobile going nowhere fast, Microsoft's newfound mission to dominate the iPhone with its own apps continues. Microsoft's newest app is a keyboard replacement ...

While clicking and dragging is useful for selecting blocks of text, it can be cumbersome for finer selections, such as selecting individual characters or text that extends across multiple screens.

Back in 2010, I wrote about the predictive text keyboard on Windows Phone and over time have come to find it is the best native smartphone keyboard around, even beating out the iPhone. Microsoft ...

APPLE may be adding a new swipe-to-type function for iPhone keyboards in the next big update. Rather than tapping on keys, you’d simply drag your finger around the keyboard to spell words. The way you ...

Keyboard Maestro can be intimidating at first. I have made some extremely elaborate Keyboard Maestro macros, but today I want to show you the one that I absolutely, positively use most often. Inserts ...

A set of small keys specifically designed for entering text, beyond the standard 12-key numeric keypad. Standard mini-keyboards have a "QWERTY" layout - a miniature version of a computer keyboard.