A normal USB 3.0 connector is blue inside, and has both sets of pins for backward compatibility (five in the rear, four in the front) like the one shown here. A USB 3.0 connection requires five ...

If you've noticed teal-colored USB ports on your laptop and desktop and wondered if they were different than blue, you'd be right. Here's the difference.

Traditional USB-A-style ports come in one of three main varieties: uncolored, dark blue, and teal. This color-coding system serves the purpose of designating bandwidth speeds. Unfortunately ...

For instance, a USB 2.0 port — which has a maximum data transfer rate of 480 Mbps — is typically black. In contrast, a blue USB port usually means the slot has a USB 3.0 specification and can ...

Although black USB 2.0 ports are slower than the latest USB 3.x ports, you'll still find them on some modern-day laptops and ...