This week the standard for the USB Type-C cable was finalised, meaning that electronics that support a smaller, reversible connectors could be released fairly soon.
It is the latest stage in evolution of connector technology that powers so many of our favourite gadgets, including mobile phones and cameras, while USB Flash Drives have replaced virtually every other kind of portable storage devices, from floppy disks to rewritable CDs and DVDs.
It is expected that the MicroUSB version of the standard is set to be adopted by the European Union for a smartphone charger, something that might annoy Apple which has so far resisted adopting USB and instead promotes its own proprietary connector called Lightning.
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