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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Typing on the iPhone or iPad becomes easier as you get used to it, but some things remain cumbersome to write even after years of ...

July 6, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We're big fans of using text expanders on our PCs to avoid repetitive typing. Did you know that you can also enjoy ...

It seems Apple added text expansion to iOS 5 and decided not to mention it. This is a great, highly-desired feature that can save you tons of time typing frequent phrases and long words. Here's how to ...

Typing on the iPhone or iPad becomes easier as you get used to it, but some things remain cumbersome to write even after years of use. The keyboard acrobatics required to type something like "Wi-Fi + ...