Increasingly, everyone has a microphone of her own, through blogs, podcasts, Facebook, Instagram and other tools.

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This means you can run your own mic solution if the internal microphone isn't up to your standards (and there's a good chance it won't be).

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The amoral Duke is a Sinatra-esque crooner with his own casino and posse of violent henchman (he sings his anthem, "Questa o quella, " with a microphone prop to a sycophantic crowd of dudes and showgirls).

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