Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host ...

Most kids today grow up typing everything, but one state is pushing back. New Jersey just passed a law that brings a long-forgotten classroom skill back into schools. Supporters say it helps learning ...

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former disc jockey who went on to host ABC's The Les Crane Show for one year ...

Unihertz, a company that already sells rugged QWERTY phones, is teasing its next phone with a physical keyboard. The Unihertz Titan 2 Elite features a more compact and sleeker design, much like the ...

After dying a painful death at the hand of the iPhone’s revolutionary capacitive touchscreen, the QWERTY smartphone is rising up from the graveyard this year. No, BlackBerry isn’t returning despite ...

Despite its communication-first philosophy, the device retains full access to the Google Play Store, allowing installation of any Android app. Have you wanted Blackberry to come back and stay for once ...

Uncover the surprising Wisconsin origins of the QWERTY keyboard. The team heads to Milwaukee to uncover how the QWERTY keyboard took shape in Wisconsin. They explore how Christopher Latham Sholes and ...

Unravelling the hype behind IT for creating useful CIO strategies. Techies love the 80:20 rule. Imagine there’s a bit of tech that would do the 20% of laborious tasks people have to do during their ...

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...

For many years, reading Jim Stingl's column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was a high point of the day. Now, he's getting the very first "Wordy" Award. Jim Stingl started at The Milwaukee Journal ...

The SpecFive Strike is a handheld computer with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard for thumb typing, and a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 for brains. What makes it unusual is that while ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...