[Limited time offer] 90% off popular game titles in Google Play store

Google is having a great sale on popular game titles in the app store right now.  The offer is up to 90% off the regular price of the games, and the sale will end on 7/27.  So if you have been on the fence trying to decide if you want to spend 5 dollars on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, now is your chance to get it for $0.99.  A few other titles listed in the sale are:

1. The Dark Knight Rises – A game by Gameloft based on the actual Batman movie by Christopher Nolan.  The game offers stunning graphics and intense gameplay where you play as Batman and get to play out your fantasy to be a superhero.

2. Monument Valley – This is a puzzle game based on a character named Ida who you are supposed to help navigate her beautiful world by solving architectural puzzles and optical illusions. This app has been downloaded by over 500,000 people and is a really fun puzzle game.

3. NBA JAM – Based on the iconic classic, this game offers tons of entertainment especially if you like crazy dunks, crazy half court shots, and real players and teams. You can also play this app on your Android TV using a compatible gamepad.

For the other titles, head on over to Google Play and see the deals for yourself.

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Here’s what happened at last Friday’s #EngadgetLive in Boston!

Engadget Live Boston 2015 was… sort of a blur. Sure, I remember the broad strokes — our first live meetup of the year saw 1,500 people checking out great gadgets and downing drinks in the Royale once more, and the complimentary selfie sticks floating around kept us all from taking ourselves too seriously.

Beyond those vain, drunk moments, attendees waited for their chances to try smashing a drone into a wall, talk to cars and cruise around briefly on an electric, remote-controlled skateboard. (There also exists footage of yours truly drunkenly riding that very board after being furiously spun around by my boss, but I’ll leave that for you to ferret out.) Sound like fun? You’re damn right it was. Now that all we have left are memories of Beantown, we’ve no choice but to look to the future… and our upcoming geek parties in Los Angeles (August 21) and Austin (October 16). Stay tuned – you won’t want to miss these.

Special thanks go out to the sponsors who kept us drunk and entertained that night, and also to everyone who came out, hung out in a line, and were basically the geekiest, most gracious people we’ve ever met. The folks out west have a high bar to clear.

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AT&T has the FCC’s permission to buy DirecTV

Just a couple of days after the DoJ said the deal could go through and FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler recommend its approval, the FCC voted to make the $49 billion AT&T / DirecTV combo official — with a few conditions. As we’d heard, the approval comes with strings (in place for four years) including a requirement AT&T expand its fiber network, hook up gigabit internet to eligible schools and libraries and provide affordable standalone internet for low-income customers in its service areas. Another requirement is aimed at AT&T’s data usage caps, saying it can’t use them to discriminate against other video services. The other net neutrality requirement says AT&T will have to disclose any interconnect agreements — the ones Netflix is so concerned about — to the FCC so it can monitor the terms. Are those requirements enough to make the deal worth it? Consumer advocate like the Free Press say no, but with the FCC’s blessing the deal should be done soon.

FCC conditions:

· Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) Deployment. Recognizing that the merger reduces AT&T-DIRECTV’s incentive to deploy FTTP service, the Commission adopts as a condition of this merger the expansion of FTTP service to 12.5 million customer locations. This condition also responds to the harm of the loss of a video competitor in areas where AT&T and DIRECTV had directly competed before the merger by providing a pathway for increased competition from services that rely on broadband Internet to deliver video.

· Gigabit Service to E-rate Eligible Schools and Libraries. In addition, to ensure that schools and libraries also benefit from expanded fiber deployment to consumers and institutions, the Commission is also requiring AT&T-DIRECTV to offer gigabit service to any E-rate eligible school or library where AT&T-DIRECTV deploys FTTP service.

· Non-Discriminatory Usage-Based Practices. Recognizing that AT&T is the only major ISP that applies “data caps” across the board to all of its fixed broadband customers and that this merger increases the incentive of AT&T-DIRECTV to use strategies that limit consumers’ access to online video distribution services in order to favor its own video services, the Commission requires AT&T-DIRECTV, as a condition of this merger, to refrain from imposing discriminatory usage-based allowances or other discriminatory retail terms and conditions on its broadband Internet service.

· Internet Interconnection Disclosure Requirements. Recognizing the importance of interconnection to the operation of online video services, the Commission also requires as a condition of this merger that AT&T-DIRECTV submit its Internet interconnection agreements so that the Commission may monitor the terms of such agreements to determine whether AT&T-DIRECTV is denying or impeding access to its networks in anticompetitive ways through the terms of these agreements.

· Discounted Broadband Services for Low-Income Subscribers. While finding that the availability of better and lower priced bundles of video and broadband service is a potential benefit of the merger, the Commission also concludes that the public interest requires us to ensure that a bundle of video and broadband services is not the only competitive choice for low-income subscribers who may not be able to afford bundled services. The Commission accordingly requires as a condition of the merger that AT&T-DIRECTV make available an affordable, low-price standalone broadband service to low-income consumers in its broadband service area.

· Compliance Program and Reporting. Given the important role that these conditions serve in securing the public interest benefits of the merger, the Commission requires that AT&T-DIRECTV retain both an internal company compliance officer and an independent, external compliance officer that will report and monitor, respectively, the combined entity’s compliance with all conditions of the merger.

[Image credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD, Mobile

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Source: FCC

Deal: Learn to build robots and more with the Raspberry Pi Hacker Bundle for just $39 (93% off)

The Raspberry Pi is quite the interesting device, offering gadget lovers an affordable and fun way to build robots, sensors and more. If you’ve heard about this little device and would like a crash course on how to use it, the AA Deals Store might have a great option for you. Right now, you can get lifetime access to the Raspberry Pi Hacker Bundle for a massive 93% discount.

This bundle includes five different courses, which will not only teach you the basics of the Raspberry Pi, but also how to build your very own robot. Here are all of the courses that are included in this bundle:

• Introduction to Raspberry Pi – Enter the World of Coding & Hardware with This Miniature Computer ($199 value)
• Hardware Projects Using Raspberry Pi – Utilize Raspberry Pi as a Tool for Learning Physical Computing ($199 value)
• Python Programming for Beginners – Conquer This Beginner-Friendly Programming Language ($99 value)
• Real World Guide to Hardware Design – Get Expert Tips & Tricks for Designing Hardware with Ease ($99 value)
• PiBot: Build Your Own Raspberry Pi-Powered Robot – Experiment with Raspberry Pi & Bring a Small, Mobile Robot to Life ($29 value)

Quick note: Raspberry Pi not included. No prior computing or programming knowledge required, though Linux and Python knowledge is recommended.

If you’re interested, the Raspberry Pi Hacker Bundle is available in the Android Authority Deals Store for the low price of $39. That’s a 93% discount! As always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below. Otherwise, head to the link attached below for more information on this great deal.

• Buy now from the AA Deals Store for just $39 (93% off)