OS X has a nice pinyin input system for Simplified Chinese. However, the pinyin input system for Traditional Chinese is really really bad. So in 10.3, I've had to use Hanin, which is okay...but you ...

Heads and shoulders better than anything that Windows or Linux have ever come up with. It all has to do with the magic trackpad and the sheer size of it. For Japanese, hand-scrawling is always going ...

Google has launched a self-promoting Chinese-language blog, not long after unveiling its controversial Chinese search engine last month. According to the Washington Post, China already has as many as ...

The iPad is a multilingual tablet computer that supports Wi-Fi connectivity and optional 3G network connection capability. With the iPad, you can change the default system language using the Settings ...

Most Xiaomi smartphones come with the following four keyboard options; Google Keyboard, Google Pinyin Input, Google Voice Typing and Swiftkey. It is the Google Pinyin Input that is required for the ...

Brainstorm readers may remember that Caitríona Osborne recently pointed out the unique features of the Chinese writing system which have led it to be considered difficult to learn. One aspect of ...

Apple actively promoted on Monday new Chinese-language features in both OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 6 that should help it ramp up sales in the world's most populous nation. The sharp focus that ...

Twenty-one years after the emergence of "Five Strokes" character input method, another original invention by Prof. Wang Yongmin was formally announced in Beijing on June 26. This new set of numeral ...

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A popular spelling competition run on state broadcaster CCTV has reinforced fears Chinese are losing their grasp of their own written language - thanks, it appears, to computer and mobile device ...