If you've ever looked closely at the USB ports on your laptop or desktop PC, you may have noticed that some are labeled with a small symbol. It looks like the letters SS, with a three-pronged icon ...

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

Sometimes, it's a limitation of the physical hardware or USB specification, while in other cases a manufacturer may implement ...

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, ports are designed to connect two distinct, yet compatible, electronic devices. For example, you can plug a mouse cable into a computer's USB port. Most modern ...

I have a Lenovo laptop that has 3 USB connectors on the side. one is marked on the case with just the USB symbol, and the other two have a SS-USB symbol by them. I can see the extra contacts that are ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...

SuperSpeed USB has been clearly ranked in the Interface protocols winner list, see this previous post. It could be interesting to dig into this IP market segment, determine in which applications USB 3 ...

USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are no longer new technology. But the similarities and differences can still wind up confusing even long-time users of the Mac. Where this tends to manifest itself these days ...