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

At the end of June, in 2009, the European Commission started a movement to make micro-USB the standardized charging port for cellphones. It was subsequently backed by roughly 90% of the cellphone ...

Are your cupboards full of old phone chargers? They seem to accumulate with every new mobile, and are rarely useful again. Hoping to change this wasteful scenario, the European Union have proposed – ...

Today basically all portable devices be it smartphones, tablets, or laptops come with their own chargers. While there are different types of chargers, most micro-USB connectors and chargers that are ...

Sony has ditched the proprietary charging cable for its next model of PS Vita, heading to a standard micro-USB charger instead. Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office.

The latest brainbox idea out of Brussels is to pass a law that would see every mobile manufacturer operating in the region — which is pretty much all of them — adopt a universal phone and tablet ...

The Amazon Fire TV Stick's micro-USB port can be used for much more than delivering power to the streaming device, as long as ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With all the news coming from its big event yesterday, Samsung glazed over the importance of one new feature of ...

October 1, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google When you buy a new phone or tablet, you may notice that the micro-USB charging and data port is a pretty snug ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With the aim of reducing e-waste With the aim of reducing e-waste is a reporter with five years of experience ...