Comcast Announces Expansion Of Its Internet Essentials Program
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/06/2019 05:03 PM
Philadelphia, PA...Three million newly eligible households include those with disabilities and seniors. In eight years, the program has now connected more than eight million people from two million households to the internet at home. Comcast announced today it is significantly expanding eligibility for Internet Essentials, which is the nation’s largest, most comprehensive, and most successful broadband adoption program in America, to include all qualified low-income households in its service area. The expansion is the most significant change in the program’s history. The Company estimates that more than three million additional low-income households, including households with people with disabilities, are now eligible to apply. It estimates a total of nearly seven million households now have access to low-cost Internet service, which literally doubles the total number of previously eligible households. In addition, the company announced that, since August 2011, Internet Essentials has connected more than eight million low-income individuals, from two million households, to the Internet at home, most for the first time in their lives. Today’s announcement follows 11 prior eligibility expansions, including last year’s extension of the program to low-income veterans.
Managing Your Photos is June 11 SMUG Meeting Focus
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/03/2019 10:36 AM
Arnold, CA...Apple users who would like to get the most out of their photo collection are invited to attend the Tuesday, June 11 meeting of the Sierra Macintosh Users Group (SMUG) that will begin at 7 p.m. in the assembly room of the Ebbetts Pass Fire District, 1037 Blagen Rd., Arnold, just off Highway 4. SMUG President Dick Cross, who has a much cherished photo obsession, will be making the presentation. He will demonstrate how to organize your pictures on a variety of Apple products using iCloud, how to manipulate them internally, and ways to take advantage of other available editing tools. As is always the case at SMUG meetings, questions about any Apple product or application will be welcomed and encouraged. “There is no such thing as a dumb question,” states Cross. “We are all in the process of learning and members are encouraged to ask.”
Password Management is this Month's Tuesday Tech Talk With Tony Topic
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/08/2019 08:13 AM
Angels Camp, CA...Tuesday Tech Talk with Tony is held at Blastronix IT at their new offices in Historic Downtown Angels Camp. (limited space please call to reserve your seat at the table) (209) 795-0738. 2nd Tuesday of the month 6pm-8pm. April 9th Talk is on Password Management. Using one app to organize them all & Q&A. $15.00 (per person for an hour and half session). Upcoming classes include……Computers for Beginners, Word & Excel, Computer Part Recognition
FCC Chairman Proposes Eliminating Rule that Drives Up Phone Rates for Rural Americans
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/31/2019 05:20 PM
Washington, DC...2019—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the Commission will vote at its April meeting on eliminating a policy known as the “rate floor,” which is forcing many rural customers to pay higher telephone rates. Under Chairman Pai’s leadership, the Commission froze the rate floor in 2017. Now, the Chairman is asking his colleagues to eliminate it once and for all.
SpaceX's Demo-1 Crew Dragon Mission to the ISS: Highlights
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2019 10:06 AM
Cape Canaveral, FL...Watch SpaceX and NASA make history by launching a commercial rocket from US soil that successfully docks with the International Space Station.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Way to International Space Station
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/02/2019 08:17 AM
Cape Canaveral, FL...For the first time in history, a commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket, which launched from American soil, is on its way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Crowd gathers to watch as NASA and SpaceX make history by launching the first commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA
Washington, DC...Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated a draft version of the 2019 Broadband Deployment Report. The annual report provides a detailed analysis on the state of the digital divide between rural and urban America. According to the draft report, the digital divide between rural and urban Americans has narrowed substantially.
