With so much of our time spent clicking away on a keyboard, a boost in typing speed will make you more efficient in almost every line of work. Whether it's going through inboxes, writing up emails, or ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With a little practice, consistency, and some accessible tools, you can teach yourself to use the home row, type ...

Ever wondered how to type faster? Or to get your parents to type faster? In this video, we discuss some techniques, strategies, and resources on how you or a family member can start learning to touch ...

When I was a kid, I’d absorb hints and cheat codes for the latest Nintendo games through a sort of osmosis. On playgrounds or at friends’ houses, we’d trade these bits of wisdom as if they were arcane ...

For much of human history, written communication was accomplished by hand. Every character had to be painstakingly carved into clay or inked onto parchment. Only in the mid-nineteenth century, with ...

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, ...

iPhone users obviously spend tons of time typing on the screen, and some are probably looking for all the help they can get to type faster. Apple's built-in predictive text tool and the slide-to-type ...

You can use iPhone keyboard shortcuts to access alternate characters, insert web domains, switch to all-caps, and more. For instance, you can insert a single number without switching to the number ...

THE BALANCE WHEEL (496 pp.)—Taylor Caldwell—Scribner ($3.50). Taylor Caldwell once explained how she writes her bestselling novels: “I type very quickly. Also, I never rewrite. I don’t even read over ...

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 ...