Nuance, the company that acquired veteran swipe-to-type keyboard maker Swype -- all the way back in 2011, shelling out a cool $100M -- has ended development of its Swype+Dragon dictation Android and i
A group of researchers are demonstrating a tilt-based typing technique they've designed that could be an alternative option for users of larger smartphones or for inputting text when in VR.
Apple quietly bought Dryft, a startup that develops keyboard apps — an acquisition that appears to have occurred last year — TechCrunch has learned. The acquisition seemed to be confirmed by Ra
By far the most exciting thing about iOS 8 -- imho -- is the side-door it opens into Apple's walled garden to allow keyboard app makers to come on in for the first time. But what permissions are you g
As the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus go on sale today, many consumers will be getting their hands on Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 8, for the first time. And what are iOS 8 users downloading from the
Apple's new mobile world order, iOS 8, ushers in support for third party system wide keyboards for the very first time. We've rounded up a selection of alternative keyboard contenders -- some with sto
Way back in March of 2010, Swype launched a super private Beta of its then totally mind-blowing swipe-to-type Android keyboard. While they've since shipped it out-of-the-box on dozens of handsets, ope
What the next iPhone really really needs is not an even bigger screen, flatter icons, flexible widgets or live tiles, or even crystal-ball-gazing cards. Or Facebook Home. That list is just garnish com
It's a tale of two increasingly similar touchscreen keyboards: SwiftKey's latest move to counter Nuance-owned rival Swype is to adopt a Swype-style input method -- allowing users to drag their fingers
Nuance-owned Swype, which makes virtual keyboards for mobile devices, has released a new version of its software which adds the ability to backup and sync your personal dictionary across multiple mobi
Swype lovers, Nuance has <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120620005666/en/Nuance-Launches-Generation-Swype">some good news</a> for you. The company just released a majo
Don't get me wrong -- Ice Cream Sandwich's stock keyboard is pretty fantastic, but after having spent the past year or two Swyping my way though text messages and emails, most other modes of text inpu
If you haven't taken the time to play with Swype (the trace-to-type mobile keyboard alternative), you're missing out — and I'm not just saying that because <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/09
Textaholics, this one's for you.
<a href="http://www.swypeinc.com/">Swype</a> — the Android-flavored keyboard that lets you type (or swype, rather) faster than you ever thought possible &mda
<a href="http://www.swype.com/">Swype</a> has been blowing minds <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/09/tc50-swype-truly-gesture-based-data-entry/">since it first launched at TechCrunch 50</a> bac
It's hard to believe that it's been nearly three years since <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/09/tc50-swype-truly-gesture-based-data-entry/">Swype first made a splash at TechCrunch 50</a>, and
<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/swype.png" class="shot2" />
We <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/15/want-swype-yes-you-do-get-it-tomorrow-for-android-phones/">t
<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/swype.jpg' class="snap_nopreview shot2" alt="" />I just heard from <a href="http://swypeinc.com/">Swype</a>, the creators of an amazing touchs
<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/saccasings.jpg' class="snap_nopreview shot2" alt="" />Something that I loved about <a href="http://disrupt.beta.techcrunch.com">TechCrunch Dis
<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/swpe-300x280.png" alt="swpe" title="swpe" width="220" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-24063" />
I've been pretty pumped about S
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