After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a ...

It seems like two things are increasing with every year: laptop prices, and tablet functionality. With these two things in mind, it should be no surprise that many people, particularly students, are ...

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks has taken on a new leading role as an iPad app developer. His Hanx Writer app-- which recently hit the top of the charts as the most downloaded app in iTunes -- combines ...

I grew up on a manual typewriter, the same one my mom used to write articles for Life Magazine in the ’50s and ’60s. It was a small portable in a beat-up canvas case, and you had to hit the keys hard.

I was born on the cusp of the transition from typewriter to computer. Some of my older friends would take typing classes during the summer break. Some of them even considered it a career option. Many ...

Last April, in front of a small storefront in Arlington, it became a common sight to see young people sitting on a bench, portable typewriters upon their knees. The old 20th-century sound of a ...

Tom Furrier greeted a customer walking through the door of Cambridge Typewriter, a tiny shop crammed wall to wall with old typewriters. The customer, Ron Lewis, had brought in a small portable ...