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 ...

Most of us think of smartphones as a modern day replacement to computers, and the best free remote control app makes it easy to connect two devices. You can send emails, browse the internet, and more ...

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 ...

Remote access to a desktop is one of the most niche power-user features out there. However, it is perfectly doable on an Android device. There are two basic ways to do it. Users can remote into their ...

A remote desktop app is a must-have tool for many collaborative professionals and anyone who frequently needs to access their computer while away. Logging into a computer from an Android device allows ...

Microsoft allows users to access Windows PC on their phones. Rather, multiple-platform access is a great way to be securely connected to your work all the time – if you want to, that is. But it also ...

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I use a Mac as my primary computer when I'm out and about. When I'm at home, though, I have a Windows PC that I use most of the time since I'm big on VR gaming. Now that I use both machines in ...

Is your laptop’s trackpad or keyboard broken, and do you need to use it urgently? Or, do you want to give a presentation from your laptop but don’t have a controller? Well, Remote Mouse is the ...

One of the best side effects of the Internet age has been the ability to do something from somewhere else. "PC Anywhere"-style apps have been available for almost as long as computers themselves, and ...

The MK802 is a $74 mini PC running Google Android 4.0. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to play console video games or run Windows apps… kind of. One of the first things people asked me after I ...

There are countless universal remote control apps for smartphones, but chances are, you don’t really need them. A bunch of apps, including the likes of Spotify and YouTube, have hidden, built-in ...