For all its great apps, the iPad has quite a ways to go before it’ll be ready to replace a desktop PC. But that doesn’t mean you can’t leave your laptop at the office and travel light. Given a ...

Controlling your PC remotely from your smartphone sounds useful in theory, looks cool as an experiment, and generally proves impractical in everyday use. By contrast, controlling your PC remotely from ...

With so many entertainment options available today, traditional cable television has long lost the luster it once held over the world. In addition to online streaming platforms like YouTube, products ...

There have always been apps that let you control your TV from an iPhone or iPad, but in my experience, these apps don’t work very well or have limited features — even the official apps from TV ...

This week has been a good one for lazy, couch-bound iPad owners. Two remote control apps have already been released and now a third, from Sonos, is available as a free download from the App Store.

I have a Mac mini connected to my home theater setup and one of its pitfalls is waiting for the Bluetooth keyboard/trackpad (currently a Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro) to wake up when I want to ...

An iPhone has as many roles as the apps you can install for it. But what’s most improbable for me is how my phone has gradually taken the place of most of my home-entertainment remote controls and is ...

— -- Fighting for the remote control is about to get a whole lot more interesting. TV makers are employing technological developments in the mobile and gaming sectors — voice recognition, gesture ...