Real power is finally coming to USB. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has approved a new standard for the ubiquitous port, which will deliver enough wattage to power and charge the average laptop computer.

The USB standard is touted for its ability to connect devices of all types with uniform consistency, however it's not quite as universal as it may seem.

We’ve been recently looking into USB 2.0 – the ubiquitous point-to-point communications standard. USB 2 is completely different from USB 3, the blue-connector next-generation USB standard. For ...

USB-C isn’t universal. The tiny symbols tell the truth—if you know them.

The spaghetti-like nightmare that forms many users' collection of phone chargers, headset connectors and data cables could be set to end after a major mobile industry forum agreed to standardise on ...