Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Following its introduction in 1873, QWERTY became the most popular keyboard layout. While it was designed to prevent typewriter typebars from jamming, its longevity beyond the ...

Last month, NPR asked listeners and readers and a Harvard professor what technologies have stuck around a little too long. He's talking about the QWERTY layout — in use since the earliest typewriters.

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You spend hours with it each day. Your fingertips know it intimately. But how familiar are you with your keyboard's history? The first recorded patent for a typewriting machine was filed by a British ...

QWERTY keyboards have been around for over a century, but a new era in tech needs a new kind of input. WSJ’s David Pierce tries out the keyboards of the future. Photo/Video: James Pace-Cornsilk for ...

It's that time of year when kids go back to school and people start to think of ways to stay connected and in touch. If your kids are like mine, text messaging is used 90% of the time compared to ...