Think about your desk in your office — your desktop and drawers are likely littered with USB flash drives. They are given out at conferences and trade shows, and they are now a ubiquitous staple of ...

A portable storage device that plugs into the computer via USB. The storage medium may be a hard disk (see pocket hard drive) or solid state flash memory (see USB drive). THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Everyone knows them, everyone has them. USB sticks, or thumb drives, are ideal for quickly exchanging data between computers — but also for transporting digital content between mobile phones and PCs ...

Every year, USB flash drives get cheaper and hold more data. Unfortunately, they don’t always get faster. The reality is, many USB 3.0 flash drives aren’t noticeably faster than their USB 2.0 cousins, ...

Flash drives, or thumb drives, are portable devices that provide easy access to flash storage. Commonly used to take backups, transfer files between devices, and install operating system images, these ...

A B.Tech (Computer Science) engineer turned writer, Varun has over 7 years of experience in tech journalism. He started his journey by writing for various publications like Beebom and Mr. Phone, ...

A USB flash drive that plugs into an iPad. In 2013, the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog introduced "The Only Read and Write iPad Flash Drive." Products from other vendors followed. Photos, movies, music ...