Are your cupboards full of old phone chargers? They seem to accumulate with every new mobile, and are rarely useful again. Hoping to change this wasteful scenario, the European Union have proposed – ...

C, and USB Type-B ports all provide data transfers and power delivery, though the latter is much less common on modern ...

At the end of June, in 2009, the European Commission started a movement to make micro-USB the standardized charging port for cellphones. It was subsequently backed by roughly 90% of the cellphone ...

Discover how to build a portable DIY solar charger for your smartphone using simple materials like copper foil tape, a micro-USB cable, and hot glue. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through each ...

I've got some old cords that have a micro-usb port on one end and a wall plug on the other. These are for charging mobile phones I used to have. Should I toss them or save them for future phones I'll ...

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 ...

Sony has ditched the proprietary charging cable for its next model of PS Vita, heading to a standard micro-USB charger instead. Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office.

The fastest wireless chargers in the world currently top out at a power output of around 50W, while most devices support far ...

In a world where technology is so essential, good chargers are as well. With nearly every small device and phone (other than Apple) relying on a micro-USB charge cable, it’s important to have a few ...

Commission welcomes new EU standards for common mobile phone charger Following a mandate from the European Commission, the European Standardisation Bodies CEN-CENELEC and ETSI have now made available ...