Neowin News Feed for: Touch

A guide on how to enable Back Tap on your iPhone

Adam Bottjen — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:16:01 +0000

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to double-tap or triple-tap the back of your iPhone and have it perform a certain task? Join us today in this week's tech tip Tuesday to find out how to set it up! Read more...

Apple is reportedly working on a Mac with a touchscreen

Justin Luna — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:28:01 +0000

Apple is reportedly adding touchscreens to its Mac computers. The company has long refused to add touchscreens to its Macs, saying that it's like converging a toaster and a refrigerator. Read more...

Meta is working on gloves to bring the sense of touch to the metaverse

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:20:01 +0000

Meta has shown off its haptic gloves which it hopes will make the metaverse experience more immersive. They are still considered a lab project and much more work still needs to be done. Read more...

Windows 10 Mail app's new inking feature is now available for everyone

Abhay V — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 21:20:01 +0000

The Windows 10 Mail app was updated with inking support for Insiders in the Fast Ring in June, adding the ability to draw on email messages. The feature is now rolling out to all Windows 10 users. Read more...

Google is giving Chrome OS a touch-focused redesign

Stergios Georgopoulos — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:34:01 +0000

Google is working on a new touch-friendly launcher for Chrome OS that has an app drawer and search box similar to Android, to accompany the many touch-enabled Chromebooks that are hitting the market. Read more...

The iPhone's creation was the result of a hate feud between Steve Jobs and a Microsoft exec

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:10:01 +0000

Scott Forstall revealed in an interview the previously unknown backstory behind Steve Jobs' first wanting to develop the touch screen technology that served as the foundation for the iPhone. Read more...

Microsoft Research demos simultaneous touch and stylus input on tablets

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 06 May 2017 19:52:01 +0000

In a recent YouTube video, Microsoft Research showed off its implementation of simultaneous input from both touch and a pen, and how the combination can enable interesting new functions. Read more...

Microsoft adds support for Surface Dial, new touch features, inside of Maps

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:18:01 +0000

The latest version of the Maps app for Windows 10 comes with a number of new features for touch, Pen and Dial users. However, all of the new additions also work well with mouse and keyboard. Read more...

Apple's Phil Schiller: putting touch on Macs is 'absurd'

Justin Luna — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:52:01 +0000

In a recent interview, Apple's senior vice president for worldwide marketing Phil Schiller admitted testing touch capability for Macs. However, his team concluded that it wasn't the right thing to do. Read more...

The Oculus Rift is now available in Europe and Canada, but Touch controller still absent

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:54:01 +0000

Just as promised, the Oculus Rift is now available at various retailers in the UK, France and Germany. Unfortunately, there's still no sign of the company's new motion-tracking Touch controllers. Read more...

Fancy Oculus Rift Touch controller price gets leaked - and it won't be cheap...

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 13:02:02 +0000

The Oculus Rift has been shipping with an Xbox One controller since its launch, but the company's own Touch controllers are expected to make their debut soon - and now we know what they'll cost. Read more...

An internal defect is causing iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices to lose touch functionality

Justin Luna — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:58:01 +0000

A design defect has been bringing some annoying issues to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Owners are reporting an unresponsive touchscreen, as well as a persisting gray bar on top of the screen. Read more...

Experimental sensor turns your skin into additional touch real estate for wearables

Boyd Chan — Sat, 07 May 2016 10:20:01 +0000

In response to the fiddly interactive experience with tiny touchscreens on wearable devices, SkinTrack has been developed by Carnegie Mellon as a concept which turns your arm into a virtual trackpad. Read more...

Samsung rolls out software update for Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Andy Weir — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:40:01 +0000

Samsung is rolling out an update for its newest Android flagships, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, including "shape correction for skewed photos" and improvements to touch performance. Read more...

Apple patent shows hypothetical touchpad keyboard

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:50:01 +0000

Apple has filed a patent for a hypothetical new keyboard. The touch-based keyboard will be harder to damage, includes a backlight, and has the ability to transform to different situations. Read more...

Discuss: Do you care about having a touchscreen on your notebook or desktop PC?

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:16:01 +0000

Microsoft thought we'd fall in love with touch on our PCs with Windows 8, but many new Windows 10 notebooks and desktops still lack touchscreen support today. How much does this feature matter to you? Read more...

The next iPhone could arrive with "3D Touch Display" that can sense three levels of pressure

Moshe Jacobs — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 06:22:02 +0000

Apple is expected to implement a new "Force Touch" experience on its next iPhone. A new report has surfaced that his display will be dubbed "3D Touch Display" and offer a third level of sensitivity. Read more...

Office Universal apps for Windows 10 mobile coming 'early next week'

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 08:04:01 +0000

Despite missing its own deadline for pushing out the Universal Office preview apps to phones, Microsoft is now saying that this will only be a short delay and that the apps are coming next week. Read more...

Joe Belfiore wants to assure you "Office team has not forgotten Windows Phone"

Adrian Potoroaca — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new touch version of Office to other platforms first, which has upset the users of Windows mobile devices -including Windows Phone, but the wait may be over soon. Read more...

Microsoft working on a fix for the Lumia 535 touch sensitivity issue

Justin Luna — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:54:01 +0000

Microsoft's first smartphone without the Nokia logo, the Lumia 535 is currently experiencing touch sensitivity issues. Redmond has confirmed the issue and is now working on a fix around it. Read more...

Microsoft's new Office touch apps for Windows demoed on video

Brad Sams — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:12:01 +0000

Microsoft announced today that they are releasing touch apps for Office on Windows and now we have our first look at the new apps thanks to a video demonstration. Read more...

Microsoft unveils Office for Android tablets, confirms Windows touch version coming in 2015

Andy Weir — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:37:34 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled Office for Android tablets, inviting users to sign-up for a preview coming in December - and it's also confirmed that a new touch version is coming to Windows 10 in 2015. Read more...

HP Sprout, an entirely new desktop that might be the future of computing

Brad Sams — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:06:01 +0000

HP has pulled back the covers on their Sprout desktop computer and it offers up an entirely new way for users to interact with their content using touch on your desk, not on the display. Read more...

Windows 10: A few new touch friendly features in 9860

Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:46:01 +0000

With the latest build of Windows 10, there are a few new touch features that have been included that were not present in 9841; we have posted a video after the jump highlighting the updates. Read more...

Microsoft: "We didn't quite get it right" with touch on Windows 8

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:06:01 +0000

At today's Windows 10 launch, Joe Belfiore demonstrated how Microsoft has re-evaluated its approach to touch on the OS, and admitted that the company "didn't get it quite right" on Windows 8. Read more...

Microsoft is working on transforming touch experiences across all devices

Andy Weir — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:45:20 +0000

Could you touch your screen to feel the texture of a shirt before you buy it? Could typing on a glass display really feel like a keyboard? Microsoft is working on bringing these experiences to life. Read more...

Microsoft's Windows Phone plans will take touch and gestures to a whole new level

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:03:55 +0000

Microsoft is developing new 3D touch and gesture support for Windows Phone, taking touch sensitivity beyond the display. This feature will launch exclusively on its upcoming Lumia flagship this year. Read more...

Microsoft's newest Internet Explorer TV ad is made for touch and possibly your feelings

John Callaham — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:31:04 +0000

Microsoft is running a new TV ad for Internet Explorer that is a bit more serious than previous installments, as it tries to show how the latest version of its web browser was made for touch. Read more...

Mozilla (finally) releases beta of its touch-friendly Firefox for Windows 8

Andy Weir — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 04:33:30 +0000

Two years, almost to the day, since announcing plans for its development, Mozilla today released a beta of Firefox for Windows 8 Touch, its finger-friendly browser designed for Microsoft's Modern UI. Read more...

2014: Top 10 tech things we're looking forward to

Andy Weir — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:59:19 +0000

It looks like 2014 will be another awesome year for tech fans, with new devices galore and major OS updates on the horizon. Here's our top-10 pick of what to look forward to in the year ahead. Read more...

Microsoft working on touch versions of Office apps for non-Windows platforms

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:56:33 +0000

Microsoft indicated that it is working to bring touch-based versions of its core Office apps to both Windows as well as "other platforms" but did not offer any specific launch dates. Read more...

Google brings (a bit of) touch support to Chrome

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:47:56 +0000

In an effort to catch up to Microsoft's IE, Google is finally adding in a bit of touch support in its latest Chrome build. The browser now tentatively supports touch navigation and pinch-to-zoom. Read more...

Internet Explorer: 'Touch is the new fast'

Brad Sams — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:10:59 +0000

Microsoft has put a lot of work into IE10 to make the browser a best in class experience and one area that took significant refinement for the browser was the touch experience offered by the browser. Read more...

Sony announces VAIO T15 Ultrabook with touch

Stephen Robinson — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:49:47 +0000

Sony has announced its touch-enabled VAIO T15 Ultabook with touch which features a full HD touch display and will be yours for $950 when it lands in the Spring. Read more...

Microsoft's Trackpad settings app gives you more control of your cover

Brad Sams — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:02:30 +0000

Microsoft has recently released a new application that will allow you to toggle settings if you have a Touch or Type cover for your Surface. Read more...

Touch first: Living with a Windows 8 tablet

Andy Weir — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:40:26 +0000

Thinking of buying a Windows 8 tablet? Check out what one of our editors thinks after using one for months - and ask any questions you may have before you decide whether to get one for yourself. Read more...

Vizio announces Windows 8 touchscreen PCs starting at $999

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:03:48 +0000

Vizio has announced its Windows 8 holiday lineup of PCs, including two systems with touch displays. The company is accepting orders for the new systems now, and retailers will accept orders tomorrow. Read more...

Microsoft on Windows 8 touch features in Office Web Apps

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:23:22 +0000

Microsoft has shared new information in a blog post on some of the touch-based features available in the new version of Office Web Apps, which can be used by Windows 8 owners. Read more...

Microsoft surface tablet on video, complete with dubstep

Owen Williams — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:07:16 +0000

Everyone was a little surprised this morning at what Microsoft had to show off. Surface is one of the biggest Microsoft announcements ever, so have a look at it in it's dubstep-laden glory. Read more...

Here is another Dell Windows 8 convertible coming in Late 2012

Brad Sams — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:54:25 +0000

We have another leaked slide from Dell but this one is not as pretty as the previous one we posted. Coming in late 2012, Dell looks to be reviving the Duo format for Windows 8. Read more...