One piece of technology that's hard to avoid every day, besides your phone, is a USB port. They're everywhere -- on your laptop, phone, tablet, PlayStation, or even in your car or on your couch.

That colorful bit of plastic you may have noticed tucked inside many USB ports is often more than meets the eye. In addition to insulating tiny contact pins that enable a USB connection for your most ...

Craig is a reporter for Pocket-lint based in Toronto. He earned a diploma in journalism from Seneca Polytechnic and holds a Media Foundations certificate from Humber College. Craig previously interned ...