They accomplish this by synching the the news sources you follow, so that the content is on your mobile device when you are off the grid, perhaps on a plane or a train.
SanDisk has announced their first new enterprise SSD since they purchased Pliant a couple of months ago and their iSSD ball grid array storage product for tablets and other mobile devices has been adopted as a SATA interface standard.
Chowdhury, who formerly headed up IT for the Grameen Bank, describes what happened in off-the-grid Bangladeshi villages when her team put solar power and mobile technology into the hands of illiterate women.
"We have come to rely on mobile machines and devices that always need a source of power whether it be the grid, batteries, or fuel, " said Chris Norris, president and CEO of Alta Devices.