For much of the last 100 years, note-taking involved pen and paper. You'd listen to a speaker and jot key phrases to retain what you hear.

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. I've jotted down nearly 2,000 notes in the ...

You may use the Notes app as a catchall for all kinds of scraps of thoughts, lists, long entries, shared financial details with family members, and much more. Apple lets you sync note entries across ...