Virtual Keyboard Makes Smudges a Must
Do you love your smartphone but hate its on-screen keyboard? From an efficiency perspective, virtual keyboards offer lots of advantages like shortcut buttons that appear when you need them (think of a...
View ArticleCasual Contestant Shatters Texting Speed Record
Melissa Thompson, 27, of Salford, England, was out shopping over the weekend when the folks at a Samsung booth persuaded her to have a go at texting the official 26-word sentence used in determining...
View ArticleSwype Grabs More Funding, Looks to Trace Path Into New Areas
Swype, the Seattle company known for its fast text-entry method, is looking to speed its growth even further. The 70-person start-up is in the midst of rolling out new versions of its software and...
View ArticleSwype Keyboard Gets New Features in Software Update
Swype, the maker of the speedy keyboard software, said on Monday that it has a new version of its beta that aims to make it even easier for those looking to enter text on their mobile devices. The...
View ArticleExclusive: Swype Grabs More Money for its Virtual Keyboard Push
Swype, the company best known for an on-screen keyboard that lets users trace entire words, has scooped up a further $2.5 million in funding, its CEO told AllThingsD this week. In an interview, CEO...
View ArticleSwiftKey X Adds Yet Another Virtual Keyboard Option for Android
Windows Phone 7 and iPhone owners have just one option when it comes to software keyboards — use the virtual keyboard that is built into the operating system. Android device owners, meanwhile, have a...
View ArticleSwype, Sprint Giving Nexus S 4G Owners Early Access to New Keyboard Software
Software keyboard maker Swype said it has reached a deal with Sprint to give owners of the Nexus S 4G Android phone the first crack at a new version of the company’s flagship keyboard software. The new...
View ArticleNuance to Buy Virtual Keyboard-Maker Swype for $100 Million
Nuance, a voice recognition technology company, has acquired Seattle-based Swype, which is known for its very popular virtual keyboard commonly found on Android phones, according to a person close to...
View ArticleNuance's Swype Bill: $102.5 Million
Nuance has spelled out its acquisition plans for Swype, the company that makes virtual keyboard software for Google’s Android handsets. Nuance will pay $102.5 million in cash for the start-up, with...
View ArticleLoading Photos Into the Kindle Fire
Q: How do I load family pictures into the Kindle Fire that I just bought for my 94-year-old mother? A: One of the weaknesses of the Fire is that it is heavily tied into Amazon’s cloud services, and,...
View ArticleHow Touchscreens Are Forcing the Reinvention of Keyboards
Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, an Israel-based company called Snapkeys invited showgoers into a booth to test its new keyboard technology. Within a few minutes of using it, the company...
View ArticleSwype Gets First Update Since Selling to Nuance
Nuance on Wednesday is showing off the first update to Swype since paying more than $100 million to acquire the virtual keyboard company last year. The new software adds, among other things, the...
View ArticleSwiftKey Keyboard for Android Gets Smarter
The autocorrect function on smartphone keyboards can be helpful, but it can also lead to some hilarious and embarrassing mistakes. SwiftKey, a virtual keyboard for Android, looks to eliminate those...
View ArticleGoogle Will Now Take Your Searches in Writing
Google today announced a nifty feature for users to handwrite search queries from their phones and tablets. Keyboard apps like Swype and SwiftKey are popular on Android, but Google’s version allows for...
View ArticlemyTouch and myTouch Q: T-Mobile's “Genius” Phones With Old Software
Inexpensive “budget” phones are getting sexier. These days, $50 will get you much more than a flip phone with a low-quality camera and a slow mobile Web browser hidden behind a globe icon. T-Mobile’s...
View ArticleLatest Swype Update Adds in Gangnam Style, Cloud Sync
Nuance said the latest update of its Swype on-screen keyboard app will add a number of cloud-based capabilities, including the ability to have a dictionary that remembers nicknames and custom entries...
View ArticleSwiftKey Flow Takes Swipe at Competition, Adds Continuous Input
Today, SwiftKey, maker of the popular predictive keyboard app for Android, offered its first sneak peek at the next iteration of its virtual keyboard called SwiftKey Flow. Instead of pecking at...
View ArticleNexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements
Google’s Android operating system is used on hundreds of smartphones and tablets. But the flagship Android devices, the ones the company calls “the best of Google,” are labeled Nexus. They are meant to...
View ArticleNuance's Swype Android Keyboard Finally Hits Google Play
Looking to getting its product into the hands of more people, Nuance Communications announced today that its Swype virtual keyboard for Android will be available from the Google Play store starting...
View ArticleSwiftKey Cloud Brings Your Favorite Slang Terms to All of Your Devices
SwiftKey, makers of the popular Android keyboard app, today unveiled a new cloud service that will help users have a more personalized typing experience across all of their gadgets. Called SwiftKey...
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