Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Google hit a grand slam with its Chromecast streaming dongle last year while at the same time inevitably spawning a number of copy-cat devices as is often the case in the monkey see, monkey do ...

Microsoft takes a simpler, more open approach than Google, the company that's known for such practices, as the Windows maker has released a Chromecast rival that simply mirrors content from a host ...

The first 10 to 15 minutes of any presentation usually involves trying to figure out which cable connects to the TV. For any Windows or Android device that supports Miracast (a peer-to-peer wireless ...

Most wireless technology is fast enough these days to deliver not just one, but several high-definition video streams. But the Miracast technology Microsoft included in devices that connect your phone ...

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