USB Flash Drive Invention

Spooky Storage: Halloween USB Flash Drive Ideas!

In the spirit of the Halloween season, we thought we would share some ghoulishly fun flash drives.  Just as people celebrating the holiday like to add unique touches to their costumes, custom shaped USB flash drives allow maximum individuality for branding.  To get inspired (and to get into a spooky mindset!) check out some fun [...]

Creative Custom USB Flash Drive Inspiration: The Red Cross Bloodrive

The potential for impact of custom USB flash drives is what you make of it.  Some marketing campaigns and giveaways are content with distributing plain flash drives with a simple logo.  However, we can learn from the creativity of other promotional campaigns that exceed expectations.  We happened to stumble on creative designer Robert Williams’ American [...]

Custom Shape USB Flash Drive Inspiration Ideas

Creative inspiration for custom shape USB drives comes from all kinds of places for us—from customer ideas to everyday objects.  What’s more is we love to keep up with the trends of our industry’s own creativity, which is why we compiled a list of some of the most fun, unique custom shaped flash drives offered [...]

Who Invented the Flash Drive Part 3

The question, who invented the flash drive, has a murky answer—clouded by a confusing timeline and patents that span nearly every continent.  In an effort to sort out some of the unknowns, we round out our flash drive invention blog article series by detailing two companies who sought to gain credit for the concept. Trek [...]

Who Invented the USB Flash Drive Part 2

What’s in a name?  Apparently a lot since it sparks a bit of controversy as to who invented the first USB flash drive.  Patents, product specs and market debuts don’t make it any easier to nail down who thought of what first.  It makes you think that the USB flash drive was always meant to [...]