touchscreen

OVER the past few years, the way in which people point has changed. Throughout most of human history, small things, such as fingers, had been used to point to bigger things, such as antelopes. But thanks to gadgets with touch-screens, people are now tying to point to things smaller than their...

HELSINKI: The world's top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its first touch-screen phone at a media and analyst event in London next week, two industry sources told media on Friday. Smaller handset vendors -- LG Electronics, Apple and Samsung Electronics -- have rolled out numerous popular...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off a coffee-table computer, “Surface,” that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects. The machines, which Microsoft debuted on Wednesday at a technology conference in California, USA, are set to arrive in November in select stores...