A new keyboard for the Android upstages the built-in keyboard(s) on your phone or tablet. But is it worth it? Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he ...

Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, much of my work focused on security and privacy services, as well as a video game or ...

Jon Reynolds and Ben Medlock started SwiftKey in London in 2008 to build a better, smarter mobile keyboard. Five years on they’ve topped app download charts all over the world, raised $17.6 million in ...

Known for its powers of predictive typing, the app now ranks No. 1 among all free iPhone apps in Apple's App Store. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard for Android ($3.99) swaps out your tablet's existing keyboard for one that's better designed for thumb-typing, makes smart predictions about what you'll write next, and ...

SwiftKey has always been popular with Android users, but it’s about to attract a lot more: the company announced that its alternative keyboard app will now be available for free on the Google Play ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Swiftkey announced a new keyboard app today, its first major app since it was acquired by Microsoft ...

SwiftKey is one of the most popular third-party keyboard options on iOS, and today it received a major update adding a highly requested feature -- emoji. Emoji can be accessed by tapping on the smiley ...

Three and a half years after launching on Android, SwiftKey’s popular predictive-software keyboard has finally come to iOS. iPhone and iPad users can now get personalized, predictive typing from the ...