SwiftKey 4 on Android is the best touchscreen keyboard yet

If Android users want to make their iPhone-toting friends jealous, they need only point to SwiftKey, an alternative keyboard which uses semantic analysis and text prediction.

Swype makes your keyboard smarter, again

Swype just announced the newest version of its type-faster-better keyboard for Android smartphones, currently in beta. The promise of the software? The more you use it, the smarter it gets.

Swype replaces the tap-tap-tap of smartphone text entry with lines …

10 disruptive individuals who are reshaping the mobile industry

The mobile industry is at an exciting stage: There are enough smartphone customers that there’s a huge field of opportunity for device makers, carriers, and app makers, but the market is still fragmented enough that no one company dominates. In …

Dragon voice recognition finally lands on Android, thanks to Swype

Nuance’s purchase of Swype, maker of an alternative keyboard for smartphones, is finally beginning to pay off with the introduction of Nuance’s Dragon voice recognition on the latest Swype Android app.

Swype’s software keyboard lets you swipe to type text, …

Nuance to acquire rival Vlingo to build a better Siri

Voice technology firm Nuance has agreed to buy its top rival Vlingo for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced this morning.

Nuance has been providing voice technology for years but has recently been getting a lot of attention for powering …

Meet SwiftKey, the virtual keyboard Google would be crazy not to acquire

Google has been placing a lot of emphasis on its virtual keyboard for Android, and a lot of the recent changes have been inspired by startup SwiftKey.

“We’re doing very interesting things that have caught the attention of people all …

Nuance in talks to acquire Swype for $102.5M

A new SEC document filed by communication technology company Nuance today reveals that the company paid $102.5 million to acquire Swype — with $77.5 million  paid upfront and the remaining amount in 18 months.

Swype is best known for its …