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 ...

Compared to the olden days of television, where you could use just about any $5 remote control from Circuit City with your set, the remotes that come with smart devices like an Amazon Fire TV are a ...

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.

The new Apple TV remote is a wondrous touch- and motion-enabled trackpad with a few simple buttons that lets you do everything on your new black hockey puck of joy, including playing games, swiping ...

Remote Desktop has been around. Microsoft introduced this functionality way back when they released Windows XP in 2001. With each iteration of Windows, the Remote Desktop function has also become more ...

What is an IR Blaster and How Does it Work? An IR blaster is a hardware component in some smartphones that allows the device to emulate an infrared remote control, enabling it to control various ...

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