Remote access — the ability to control a computer from a different location over the network — might not be something you need to use every day. However, it does come in handy in certain situations.

Using your smartphone as a controller is convenient, cost-effective, and reduces clutter by replacing multiple remotes. It offers portability, multi-device control, and customizable features like ...

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Universal remotes make our lives easier. After all, it seems like every device we buy comes with its own remote, making it next to impossible to know where they all are at any given time. Even if ...

Tired of using a cumbersome remote to use your smart TV? Make the switch to a Bluetooth remote on your Android phone.

My surround system remote is starting to show its age so I decided to make an IR receiver to save and salvage its codes for ...

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One of the more simple — if important — new features of the Google TV Streamer is the addition of a tiny speaker in the new microphone that enables it to chirp if it becomes lost. Google is hardly the ...

All hail the mighty Siri Remote. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can set up your Apple TV’s Siri Remote to control the volume levels of a separate sound system. It might not work out of the ...