C, and USB Type-B ports all provide data transfers and power delivery, though the latter is much less common on modern ...

To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, USB; where would we be without it? Introduced in the late 1990s as a one-size-fits-all replacement for the handful of ports and ...

In over a decade, we have come across multiple USB standards, plug types and speeds. There’s the USB Type-A port that has been there for a long time now and has also come a long way. Then there’s the ...

Update March 9th 2015: Apple has confirmed its radical new MacBook will be the first mass market device to fit USB Type-C. Just one port will single-handedly replace the power, video and data ports, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The USB-C connector has seen mass adoption over the past decade, and is now found on nearly every device from expensive phones and laptops to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over the course of the three decades that the USB connectivity standard has existed, there have been so many variations and revisions of USB ...

USB Type-C has appeared as a USB standard that can be reversely inserted, and it is possible to charge devices such as notebook PCs, smartphones, and tablets and transfer data. At first glance, there ...