In the 2013 AQUOS lineup, SmartCentral will include an expanded selection of apps, Flash and HTML5 supported Web browsing and Android and iOS remote control operation.

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Panasonic, for example, introduced a television paired with a tablet device that acted as both a traditional remote control and interface for the Web.

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Canon is also expanding its WiFi support to include DSLR-like remote control of the camcorder through the web browsers of most modern devices.

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Almost every ad and app out there, along with most of the business and consumer-oriented content on the Web, is going to be tracked and responsive to some entity's remote control.

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It has also devised a remote control that allows people who have never used keyboards to surf the web.

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After reading a post on Slashdot about turning your iPod into a Universal remote control I thought it would be cool if I could control my TiVo from the web.

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