The Micro USB plug is very small: just as wide, half as tall, and twice as thick as an SD card. It allows an iPhone be connected to a Micro USB cable instead of the traditional 30-pin connector. The ...

Alongside the iPad mini, Apple on Friday introduced the Lightning to micro USB adapter, a tiny dongle first available in Europe, to the U.S. market. Initially built and released in tandem with the ...

Apple has released a Dock-to-micro USB adapter as part of its compliance with new European Union standards for smartphone chargers. Apple signed an agreement in 2009 committing to honor the standard, ...

To cut down on the amount of mobile phone chargers relegated to the garbage after a phone upgrade, in 2009 the European Commission reached a voluntary agreement with 14 major smartphone manufacturers ...

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 ...

iPhone 5 owners in Europe can use existing Micro-USB cables to power and sync their phones via the new adapter. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

If you live in a house divided in the smartphone wars, where some members cling to their Androids while you relish the joy of your iPhone 5, you probably have a plethora of USB cables in your house ...

We mostly take a look at high-end network gear with the newest and fastest wireless speeds, but speed isn’t always the feature that matters the most. Sometimes size matters more, and that’s why I’m ...

Following the unveiling of the iPhone 5 and a new family of iPods on Wednesday, Apple has begun selling a new Lightning to Micro USB adapter for customers in Europe. As its name suggests, the adaptor ...

Since the concept was first introduced, consumers have complained about proprietary chargers. Regardless if they're needed or not for a given product, they can be annoying and inconvenient. But are ...