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India follows EU and demands USB-C charging port on smartphones

India follows EU and demands USB-C charging port on smartphones

By March 2025, all smartphones and other mobile devices offered in India must include a USB-C charging connector as standard. That comes three months after Europe announced a similar deadline, voting in October to mandate USB-C charging connections in almost all electronics sold in the... Read more

date1 year ago
Universal charging ports for smartphones, tablets and laptops

Universal charging ports for smartphones, tablets and laptops

New smartphones and tablets sold in the European Union must have a USB-C charging port from 2024 onwards. Laptops follow in the spring of 2026. Regulators can be authorized to take products without USB-C charging ports off the market. The bill was presented by the European Commission in 2021 an... Read more

date1 year ago
Logitech launches its first-ever mechanical keyboard for Mac

Logitech launches its first-ever mechanical keyboard for Mac

Logitech launches its first mechanical keyboard optimized for Mac. The MX Mechanical Mini comes with Mac-specific keycaps and lighter colours. As the MX Mechanical Mini's name implies, it's a smaller and tweaked edition of an earlier mechanical keyboard released by Logitech at the beginning of 2... Read more

date1 year ago
USB-C gets upgrade to 80 Gbps data rates

USB-C gets upgrade to 80 Gbps data rates

The USB Promoter Group, the standardization organization for USB, released the first details of USB4 version 2.0. The specification upgrades USB-C and allows data rates of up to 80 Gbps. The initial specifications are a significant upgrade from the current standard. USB4 version 2.0 allows up to... Read more

date2 years ago
EU wants Apple to adopt standardized iPhone charging system by 2024

EU wants Apple to adopt standardized iPhone charging system by 2024

The new rules will also apply to iPads and other Apple devices. Apple needs to dump the Lightning-port and switch to USB Type C. All manufacturers also need to switch to an interoperable fast-charging standard. This week the European Commission plans to present a legislative proposal to force m... Read more

date3 years ago
USB4 enables data rates of 40 Gbps

USB4 enables data rates of 40 Gbps

The USB Promoter Group has given its approval to USB4. This is a new USB standard that enables data transfer rates of up to 40 gigabits per second. The current standard is USB 3.2 and supports up to 20 gigabit per second. The USB Promoter Group embraces the Apple and Intel Thunderbolt 3 standard, al... Read more

date5 years ago