Microsoft redeemed itself after the Windows RT fiasco with a sleek, Windows 8.1 Surface 3 tablet that really shines when combined with the optional Surface pen and OneNote app. As if to offer a mea ...

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The concept is simple, even if the technology behind it is complicated: You write with a pen on paper, plug the pen into a computer, and have everything you’ve written converted into digital text.

Microsoft wants you to use Windows 10’s inking talents in your everyday work life, and that’s why it’s offering two new features: a custom collection of pens that will roam with you from device to ...

What can you do in 30 seconds? If it’s an advertisement for the Surface, the answer is: a lot. For the past two years, Microsoft has been showing the tablet running the full version of Office, editing ...

It seems like every week we see Microsoft adding features to its growing iOS app line. This week was a big one, adding pen support and handwriting recognition to OneNote for iOS. This finally catches ...

Over the next 12 months, Microsoft is rolling out a series of updates for its OneNote apps on Windows with the intention of creating a single user experience. At the moment, there are two versions ...

"You have to try this." Steven Bathiche, Director of Research at Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group, hands me a pen. It's a new pen, a prototype, but it's actually the screen he's excited about. In ...

The true darling of the Microsoft Office ecosystem is Microsoft Word. Close to supplanting that word processing tool is Microsoft OneNote, some would say. OneNote was the poster-child for “New ...

Microsoft's OneNote was the first member of the Office family to arrive on tablets, with iOS and Android versions. Now it becomes the first part of Office to move from the desktop to the Windows 8 ...

A new Galaxy Note wouldn't be complete without some new note-taking features. Today, Samsung unveiled a refreshed Notes app that will sync with Microsoft's infinitely more popular OneNote platform.