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For example, many TV remote apps can interface with Wi-Fi-connected ... which are basically chain commands that you can send to multiple devices at once. For example, if you’re about to settle ...

No matter how much technology advances, we can't seem to develop a surefire way to keep our small electronics from magically misplacing themselves. People have been losing the remotes to their TVs ...

as well as the fact that they usually aren't actively being used for long periods of time. If you havean Apple TV remote, and it refuses to charge, that can be a problem. Though it's worth ...