What do you do when you lose the remote control to your TV? Or what if you want to control your entertainment center, air conditioner, and security camera from one place? In both instances, you can ...

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One of the unique features of the two Motorola DROID XYBOARD tablets I am testing is the inclusion of an IR port for use as a remote control. This function is enabled by the Android app Dijit, which ...

Google TV app, previously known as Play Movies and TV, is now getting a major upgrade that would add a new feature from the company to control Android TV via Bluetooth and WiFi and act as a Universal ...

TV today is home to some of the best content available in the market. While most of TV is now enjoyed on smartphones and tablets via streaming apps, there are still a large bulk of users who rely on ...

There are many reasons why a good remote control app is worth downloading. For instance, they can sometimes provide you with additional features that might not be available with your current remote ...

Clunky, limited support for third-party devices makes this “universal” remote appropriate only for smart home dwellers who are deep in the SwitchBot ecosystem, while Matter support depends on Apple ...

New Michigan-developed software now enables you to control your complete home entertainment system right from your favorite handheld device. The software, called iRule, provides a customizable ...

Designing an app that turns a smartphone into a universal remote control isn’t a technological quad somersault off the 3-meter board anymore. Flyover Innovations, obviously, didn’t want to flop ...

Most of prefer to keep our eyes on the TV when in couch potato mode -- which kind of makes the smooth glass interface of a touchscreen remote out of the question. But who knows? Maybe you're some sort ...

The social remote control app Dijit has certainly been getting around lately: it started off on iPhones, made the leap onto Android devices not long ago, and now the company has announced that an iPad ...

You would think that turning the iPhone into a universal remote control would be easy, but it turns out it's not: We've seen a couple of unimpressive attempts from developers. FastMac and Umee's ...