When I want to get some serious distraction-free writing done, I turn to an old Royal manual typewriter. Call me a hipster all you want, but there’s something about manually throwing keys around on a ...

iA Writer is the productivity app every Apple user needs Your email has been sent Mac, iPad and iPhone users who frequently write reports, social media posts and other material need the features and ...

"From '69 to '70, there was a woman at the Asbury Park Press named Joan Pikula ... and she wrote quite a bit about Steel Mill," Springsteen told Press music writer Kelly-Jane Cotter last week, ...

On average, it can take up to 80 job applications before you land an interview. Even if those are the easiest types of applications, which let you simply upload your resume without manually inserting ...

Celebrities throwing their names behind products are nothing new. Ronald Reagan hawked cigarettes, Kim Kardashian has her own mobile game, even the Simpsons made the jump. Still there's something odd ...

We spend a lot of time with mobile apps. We know what we like and what we don’t—sometimes within the very same app. Our Fix This App series takes a closer look at a mobile offering that’s not without ...

The open source version of Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer program, Open Live Writer, will soon be offered in the Windows Store. Microsoft developer Scott Hanselman made the announcement during the ...

There are dozens of ways to write on iOS. Apple’s own Notes app offers a simple writing platform, while Pages allows for elaborate documents – complete with pictures. While both are good for certain ...

Recent murmurs of discontent were beginning to suggest the Windows Live project had stalled in a state of paralysis. Today's release of Windows Live Writer shows it is still very much alive. Live ...

Ahhh, the glamorous life of the professional writer. Spending untold hours alone in a room staring at a screen awaiting inspiration with no guarantees of attracting the interest of a publisher, let ...

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