Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

One of the biggest problems with USB-C is the lack of standardization. It was initially promised as the one universal port ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...

USB-C has become the ubiquitous standard for computer and phone peripherals, but there are some incredibly common ...

USB 3.0 was a major breakthrough in the data transfer market. Marked by blue-colored USB ports, the USB 3.0 provided users with speeds up to 10 times of USB 2.0 (5 GBPS) thanks to which large media ...

In simple terms, the universal serial bus (USB) interface refers to the connectors and cables that enable the communications between a variety of devices, such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and ...

When new USB standards come around, they always talk about backwards compatibility. E.g., the new 4.0 spec says "…Backward compatibility with USB 3.2, USB 2.0…". Having no USB 1.0 or 1.1 devices handy ...

USB-C is the future of computer connectivity, but in the two years we've been using it there remains a great deal of confusion over USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1, and what any given cable with USB-C ...