He can tell a typewriter’s brand just by its sound. This week Hanx Writer, an iPad app that Hanks designed, became the most popular free app ever in the Apple store.

Tom Hanks’ name can do more than sell a movie, it seems. His recently launched, hipster-ish typewriter app for iPad, Hanx Writer, has now shot to the top of the iTunes App Store, ranking No. 1 ...

While we were passing a few days in Houston, catching up on stuff that we can't get done in the country, I was walking in the neighborhood early one morning when I heard a sound that's special to ...

Jack Zylkin, 27, has created what he calls the ‘USB Typewriter’ for computer users who are fans of the way a typewriter keyboard feels, sounds and acts.