At $8 for two cables, you’re paying $4 per cable versus $25-30 for equivalent quality from Apple’s website. Anker has a ...

A major revamp of the ports and cables of the ubiquitous connection technology will make USB connectors reversible, slimmer, and better at transmitting data and power. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

I have a USB Type-C cable—yeah, the reversible one. I can’t connect it to anything I own yet, but it’s a real thing that’s in production and shipping to companies. Most of CES amounts to so much smoke ...

USB Type C is the Yahoo Tech Technology of the Year. It is one really amazing connector, capable of replacing the power, video, audio, and data jacks of every phone, tablet, and laptop—from every ...

While USB hubs may seem like a simple solution for a common problem, they do have some limitations you should know if you're ...

ESA announced a collaboration with the USB 3.0 Promoter Group to bring DisplayPort to the new USB Type-C connector: The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®), working in liaison with the USB ...

The answer to how long a USB cable can be without a degradation in performance is that it depends on which USB standard ...

USB connectors have lent themselves to creative interpretations of their mechanical specifications ever since the first experimenter made a PCB fit into a USB-A socket. The USB-C standard with its ...

Upcoming smartphones and tablets will charge much more quickly with new micro-USB 3.0 ports, the USB standards-setting organization said on Tuesday. A majority of smartphones and tablets today are ...

If the connector is just soldered to the board, with no other support, then that's a Dell problem. A similar issue plagues Microsoft's Xbox One controllers - the micro USB port on the controller is ...

The new cable may pave the way to even thinner electronics. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced that they are working on a new reversible cable. Getty Images Dec. 4, 2013— -- Anyone who's hooked ...