As a parent, I’m well aware that my kids love my iPad just as much as I do. When I’m reviewing apps for Macworld, my daughters beg for their own turn with the iPad while I attempt to convince them ...

G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as Egyptian hieroglyph symbols 4,000 years ...

Believe it or not, the capital A hasn’t always looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...

ABC: The Alphabet From the Sky by designer Benedikt Gross and geographer Joey Lee is a modern twist on the classic children’s alphabet book where accidental letterforms are hidden in the contours of ...