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Marshawn Lynch Wants To Put Cellphones In The Hands Of The Homeless

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch’s cellular company Beast Mobile is partnering with Fam1st Family Foundation for a pilot project that will provide the homeless in Oakland, Ca. and Seattle with smartphones. The Phones for the Homeless initiative is working to provide 3,000 free smartphones with three months of service to the homeless. The Beast Mobile app is loaded on to the smartphones and allows users to earn credits by engaging in surveys, watching videos and playing games. Beast Mobile, a no-contract mobile service on Sprint’s network, lets its customers save money on their plans by watching personalized offers, discounts and ads through the Beast Mobile app. “The future of mobile phones is free,” said Lynch’s business partner and founder of FreeMo Leigh Hunt. FreeMo is an advertising platform that gives users credits toward their data plans when they interact with ads on their smartphones. FreeMo’s technology has been incorporated into Beast Mobile. “It’s really about...

Oct 17, 2018