Read More - Retire Early- www.TheMoneyRunner.ca -

Latest

Cable Companies to Offer $9.95 Broadband for Poor Homes

A new program offering broadband to the poor for under $10 a month could go a long way towards helping people find jobs. Microsoft is also helping with $250 computers to low-income families.

As part of a federal effort to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband, cable companies will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for school lunches, starting next summer. The initiative, called “Connect-to-Compete,” also includes Microsoft, which pledges to sell PCs with its Office suite for $250 to low-income families.

Read more… Via

16% of Cell Phones Have Poop on Them

Before you type anything else into your keyboard, consider this: Keyboards, on average, are five times dirtier and have 60 times more germs on them than toilet seats. They are 150 times over the acceptable limit for bacteria.

Worried your cellphone may fall into the 16% with poop on it? You should be scared — not just of the germs lurking on your mobile, but on all your favorite tech gizmos.


Read more…