Mikey Digital also features a USB pass-thru connection for charging your device while in-use for continuous recording without draining battery life.

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He tested his system in 1999 in Guinea, where a painfully slow Internet connection compelled aid workers to pass along floppy disks instead.

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Let's say, for example, that a customer's connection is fine for browsing the web, but it doesn't pass muster for streaming content -- a service dedicated to video delivery could be added to close the gap.

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