With a brand-new typewriter app, Oscar-winner Tom Hanks marks the latest celebrity to leap from the silver screen into the world of tech. Hanx Writer, which launched yesterday exclusively for the iPad ...

This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters. Courtesy of the Prelinger Archive, Basic Typing is 30 minutes long and available in two parts (part I ...

Late one evening a few years ago, Tom Rehkopf got a phone call from an unfamiliar number. The caller had an unusual request: “I need six working Selectrics by tomorrow morning.” Rehkopf was stunned.