Swiping and tapping on flat screens is something we’ve learned to deal with in smartphones, tablets and other touchscreen gizmos, but it doesn’t come close to the ease of typing on a hardware keyboard ...

Interacting with flat touchscreens through swiping and tapping has become a normal part of using smartphones or tablet devices. However, it still cannot compare to the convenience and ease of typing ...

The big picture: Data entry on early mobile devices was done exclusively via physical buttons. This method certainly had its advantages but also consumed a large amount of real estate. Touchscreens ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday published an interesting Apple patent describing a system in which button-like structures can be attached to a multitouch display in order to create a ...