Scientists have created a new keyboard called KALQ that enables faster thumb-typing on touchscreen devices. They used computational optimization techniques in conjunction with a model of thumb ...

Think you need an actual keyboard to type fast? Think again. Researchers have found that people can now type almost as fast on a smartphone as they can on a traditional keyboard, The Guardian reports.

A new keyboard called KALQ, created by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Montana, and the University of St. Andrews, enables users to thumb-type on touchscreen ...

Likewise designed to help users type much faster, the latter gadget is not at all keyboard-like in appearance, consisting of two joined modules covered in 3D switches. By contrast, the CharaChorder ...

Do you have very big fingers? Many users have problems typing on their mobile phones because they have big fingers, which in turn causes inaccurate typing because the letters on the onscreen keyboard ...

Swiss startup Wrio has launched a new keyboard app for iOS which claims to speed up typing by between 20 and 70 percent compared to standard Qwerty layouts. The developers of Wrio say they achieved ...

Texting speeds are now catching up on keyboard typing speeds, according to a new study. Two-thumb texters clocked in an average of 38 words per minute compared to the 51 words per minute on keyboards.

Good news for folks who never bothered to learn touch-typing. A new study shows that you may be just as fast as those show-off keyboard-rattlers whose fingers always find their way back to the home ...

It wasn’t too long ago that schools offered classes with names like “Keyboarding” that were pitched as teaching a skill that would be vital for life and work in the 21st century. As it turns out, all ...

For someone like me who works on a mechanical keyboard all day, typing on a phone feels slow, messy, and sometimes downright frustrating. Every tap feels tiny and imprecise, autocorrect can turn your ...