TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) and PayPal are trying to get customers to ditch the shopping cart and buy goods straight from their couch using the remote control. The two have teamed up to let consumers buy ...

We knew that at least one of the new Xooms would be able to double as a (rather large) remote control, but Motorola surprised us yesterday when they revealed that both of the Xoom 2 models feature IR ...

Imagine you’re sitting on the sofa, but you forgot to pick up the TV remote, and your smart speaker isn’t listening to your request. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your sofa’s armrest could act as a ...

A TV without a remote is like a car without a steering wheel, but they weren't always ubiquitous. Some of the earliest ones ...

In the first three parts of my ongoing venture to make a Mac mini a powerful component of my AV empire we’ve covered upgrading the Mac, connecting it to a typical AV system, and configuring it to ...

The man who created a million couch potatoes has died. Eugene Polley invented the world's first wireless television remote. He died of natural causes on Sunday at the age of 96 at the Advocate Good ...

Are you very lazy but very clever? Then perhaps you'll want to build a mind-reading remote control so you never need leave the sofa to change channel. Daniel Davis, who runs an award-winning video ...