If the state of a society can be gleaned from its luxury technology, then nothing sums up the unbridled consumerism quite like this $80 dongle, approximately the size and weight of a two-year-old ...

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It's almost embarrassing, at least for Microsoft, that Apple would be at the forefront of pushing new standards like USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 while its premier flagship computers obstinately remain in ...

Apple always gets speeding tickets for rushing towards the future, even if that mean frustrating its customers in the process. The company kills old technology for what’s next, and the iPhone 7 and ...

For those of us that have bought new laptops or convertibles in the past two years or so, USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports have become commonplace. While USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 peripherals aren't nearly as ...

If there’s been one weakness of the Surface tablet series, it’s been a lack of available expansion ports—a shortcoming Microsoft addressed with the Surface Dock. But three years after the latest Dock ...

Update (June 26): There's now a listing for and a photo of the coming USB-C dongle for Surface, codenamed "Tulum," on Microsoft's Surface business site. Update No. 2 (June 29): The Surface Connect to ...

With the launch of the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro in May 2017, Microsoft disappointed some by not including support for USB Type-C on their new devices. The firm offered an olive branch to users, ...

When Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop last year - and then the 2017 Surface Pro a few weeks later - fans were dismayed to find that the company decided to forgo the more modern USB Type-C port ...

If the state of a society can be gleaned from its luxury technology, then nothing sums up the unbridled consumerism quite like this $80 dongle, approximately the size and weight of a two-year-old ...