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Thunderbolt 3 specification announced, will be housed within USB-C cabling

The Thunderbolt 3 specification has been announced by Intel. And it’ll be housed within the new USB-C cabling. The next generation of the high-speed Thunderbolt specification was announced on Tuesday, effectively replacing the legacy Mini DisplayPort connector for the new smaller, reversible USB-C standard, and offering transfer speeds of up to 40Gbps with high-end cables. […]

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Apple introduces 12-inch MacBook, offers improvements to currently available MacBook Pro, MacBook Air models

This may be the MacBook you’ve been waiting for. On Monday at its “Spring Forward” media event, on Monday, Apple revealed a new 12-inch MacBook, a radical revamp that shakes up the winning MBA design by dumping virtually every conventional port—Thunderbolt, the SD card slot, a power connector, everything—in favor of a pair a single […]

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Feature list surfaces for USB Type 3 protocol, cables to carry audio, video, power

There’s a lot to be said for a reversible cable. And if it carries different kinds of data, that’s even better. Per Macworld, industry groups VESA and the USB 3.0 Promoter Group outlined some of the specs of the upcoming, reversible Type-C USB cable. The cable, which is said to offer USB 3.1’s 10Gbps of […]