A cabling expert has taken a closer look at how Apple's new Lightning connector works, and has come to the conclusion that the 8 pins on each side of the plug are dynamically assigned, likely thanks ...

A recent analysis of Apple’s Lightning USB cable shows that the pins on the plug aren’t arranged symmetrically, suggesting that the Lightning port can dynamically reassign signals to each pin on the ...

While Apple's new Dock Connector for iPhone 5 has been assumed to simply allow for a smaller physical port, the number of pins it uses coincides with the emerging USB 3.0 standard, which supports ...