Apple has released the Apple TV’s companion iPhone remote app . It’s a full-fledged (albeit less convenient) replacement for the remote that came with every black Apple TV, or generations two, three, and four. The app lets users control their Apple TV with touch gestures; use the iPhone’s keyboard to enter email addresses, passwords, or other text; play, pause, fast forward, or rewind currently playing videos or songs; and, for owners of the latest-generation Apple TV, ask Siri to find something to watch. Unfortunately, you can’t use regular Siri to control your Apple TV — voice control can only be used by pressing and holding a microphone button within the app itself, just like on the remote. Another thing you can’t do is watch content from your Apple TV on the iPhone, but since basically every app with content on the Apple TV is also available in app-form on the iPhone, that shouldn’t be a big deal. The Apple TV Remote app was teased last year , when Apple SVP Eddy Cue said … [Read more...] about The Apple TV Remote app for iPhone is out now
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Virtual Paul McCartney app is mind-blowingly cool
It would have cost you more than $500 for a front-row seat at Paul McCartney’s farewell to Candlestick Park Concert in San Francisco last August — and you wouldn't have been able to see much. But as of Thursday, a seat beside McCartney's piano at that same concert could cost you as little as $10 –- so long you don’t mind that you can only virtually experience one song. See also: The Virtual Reality Renaissance Is Here, But Are We Ready? On Thursday, Jaunt VR introduced its first Google Cardboard app called simply Paul McCartney . The app itself is free, and it's a 360-degree, fully immersive playback of the former Beatles' performance of Live and Let Die at the iconic concert. Cardboard is Google’s $9.99 cardboard 3D headset that you can buy online or, if you have the right cardboard, lenses, magnet and a washer, you can make at home . It works with most 4.7-inch Android Phones (they have to fit in the holder) and even the iPhone 6 (with the right apps ). … [Read more...] about Virtual Paul McCartney app is mind-blowingly cool