DisplayLink Releases Version 2.1 Driver for Mac OS X
There have been many multi-monitor regressions from OS X 10.8.5 to 10.9, and USB graphics has been significantly impacted. Part of the confusion is not knowing which new problems are fixable by...
View ArticleBlack Friday for your Multiple Monitor Setup
At Plugable, we price our products at a fixed, low margin that doesn’t usually leave room for Black Friday specials. Because of lower costs, this year we have a pricing realignment of our...
View ArticlePlugable Launches New 10-Port USB Hub Family
Plugable has had the top-selling 10-port USB 2.0 hub on Amazon for over 3 years — much of that time in the “top 100″ of all electronics. And over that period, we made many large and small improvements...
View ArticleNew Adapter from Plugable Technologies Enables 4K Ultra HD Monitors up to...
Ultra HD 4K monitors with resolutions up to 3840×2160 are starting to move into the mainstream. Many Windows-based tablets and laptops shipped in recent years don’t yet support this new generation of...
View ArticleNew DisplayLink Windows Driver Version 7.7 Leaves XP Behind
DisplayLink has released their new Windows driver version 7.7 M0. For most users, we’re recommending they stay on DisplayLink’s mature 7.6 M2 driver series for the time being, but this release does...
View ArticleWhat BadUSB Is and Isn’t
The BadUSB exploit is an idea and working proof of concept which takes advantage of the fact that some USB devices have firmware, and on some of those devices the firmware can be updated. BadUSB has...
View ArticleThrowback: Linux vs. Windows NT and OS/2
Originally Published in Linux Journal Issue #1, March 199420 Years ago, 15 years before founding Plugable Technologies, Bernie Thompson wrote an article for the first issue of Linux Journal. Over the...
View ArticleThrowback: The World Wide Web
Originally published in Linux Journal Issue #3, June-July 199420 Years ago, 15 years before founding Plugable Technologies, Bernie Thompson wrote an article for the first issue of Linux Journal. Over...
View ArticleThrowback: Making Money in the Bazaar
Originally Published in Linux Journal Issue #62, June 199920 Years ago, 15 years before founding Plugable Technologies, Bernie Thompson wrote an article for the first issue of Linux Journal. Over the...
View ArticleThrowback: Market Making for the Bazaar
Originally Published in Linux Journal Issue #64, August 199920 Years ago, 15 years before founding Plugable Technologies, Bernie Thompson wrote an article for the first issue of Linux Journal. Over the...
View Article20 Years of Linux
Originally Published in Linux Journal Issue #239, March 201420 Years ago, 15 years before founding Plugable Technologies, Bernie Thompson wrote an article for the first issue of Linux Journal. Over the...
View ArticleEasily Upgrade the USB Charging Capabilities of Your Car
Your car may have enough cup holders but USB charging ports are often scarce. With our new Plugable USB-C3C, we’ve packed 3 USB smart charging ports into a beautiful cup-sized charger that sits in any...
View ArticlePlugable Car Cup USB charger Giveaway (Uber drivers only)
#giveaway for #uber drivers. RT + follow for chance to win one of 10 Plugable car USB chargersRules:No purchase necessaryDrivers in the 50 US states only on this giveaway (sorry! We’ll get to drivers...
View ArticleHands-On With USB-C on the Chromebook Pixel 2
This has been an exciting week with the launch of Apple’s new Macbook with a single USB-C port (technically USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C). Then just a day later Google announces their Google Chromebook Pixel 2...
View ArticleMassive New 97-Port USB Type-C Hub Shows Plugable’s Engineering Prowess
USB’s new Type C connector is amazing. It’s reversible (like the Apple Lightning cable), it replaces both the iconic USB Type A connector and Type B, it’s forward and backward compatible with USB 3.1...
View ArticleA Bluetooth Keyboard that’s More Portable and Durable
Plugable’s Bluetooth Folding Keyboard just launched. It aspires to be the perfect portable keyboard for your phone.The best possible Bluetooth keyboard would be one that’s compatible – a standard...
View ArticleKickstarter for Plugable Ultimate USB-C Dock Passes 5K in 24 hours
The Plugable Ultimate USB-C Dock has over $5K in backing in 24 hours on Kickstarter.USB-C will be the biggest story in how we connect things to computers over the coming years. It supports simultaneous...
View ArticleConnecting your existing USB devices to a new USB-C laptop or tablet
Plugable USBC-AF3 Adapter shown connecting a Plugable USB3-HUB3ME hub + Ethernet adapter to a MacBook.One of the wonderful things about USB has been backwards compatibility. You can take a USB 1.1...
View ArticleEthernet for the Raspberry Pi Zero
What’s the fastest way to get your Raspberry Pi Zero hooked up to a wired network?A USB Ethernet Adapter like the Plugable USB2-OTGE100 that has support in the Linux kernel and has a connector...
View ArticleAn Editors’ Choice for Universal Docking Station
We’re proud to say that our Plugable UD-3900, which has been the top selling dock on Amazon throughout 2015 and 2016, has just received 4 stars and Editors’ Choice Award from Laptop Magazine.There are...
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