I love using Miracast to wirelessly push my Microsoft Surface
Pro screen to my 60 inch television. It comes in extremely handy
streaming TV shows and movies from web sites that don't offer
their own Windows 8 apps like Netflix does. Amazon Prime
streaming is a big offender, but there are others. And, while
it's a phenomenal experience there is one small annoyance: you
have to keep the Surface device within finger reach for
navigation and also to hit the pause and play video buttons. The
cool factor definitely outweighs the annoyance, but what if that
irritation could be eliminated completely? What if you could
remotely manage those functions?  I've looked for a good remote
control app for a long while, and have never been able to settle
one, until I recently found and started using Unified Remote.
Unified Remote is an app for that is currently available Windows
Phone and Android (Linux, iOS, Mac, and Windows is coming) that
installs on your mobile phone and provides a huge number (about
50) of remote control