Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Of all the email I’ve received about iOS 13 from readers of Take Control of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, questions about using external USB drives with the Files app have been the most frequent. Here are ...

The CiragoLink+ (NUS2000) Network USB Storage Device ($80, list) is the update to Cirago's NUS1000 Network USB Storage Link. The NUS2000 is used to share and access USB devices, either printers or ...

Like many mobile workers, my notebook, tablet and smartphone share backpack space with portable storage. Accessing stored files over a physical connection, however, can be something of a challenge.

I bought the 128GB Connect with my own money to try it out with an iPad Mini 4, an iPhone 6 Plus, an HP Android tablet and a couple of Macs. The Connect looks like a slightly bulky standard thumb ...

Thanks to iPadOS there are more ways than ever to connect to external media drives and networks from your iPad and iPad Pro. Here's how to get it done. The USB-C port found on iPads is using USB 3.1 ...

USB Type-C has widely become the de facto primary means of wired connection for most of our electronic devices. It forms the basis for the latest generation of USB standards, USB 4, and has been ...

The Amazon Fire TV Stick's micro-USB port can be used for much more than delivering power to the streaming device, as long as you think outside of the box.

Don't buy a NAS if your router has this port ...

We had no issue connecting SD cards into our iPhone with Apple's SD card to Lightning adapter and having them accessible within the Files app. We could access all the folders and storage and ...