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While inclusion of the “eye in the sky” All-22 game tape and condensed games the squeeze every play into a 30 minute football-fest are nice features for the NFL Game Rewind package, those looking to get their John Madden on can do so thanks to its apps for tablets. The telestrator feature is only mentioned in the notes for the iOS version so far, however the Android app shares in its ability stream the tape delayed games in HD, complete with stats and big play markers to jump straight to the key plays. While the apps themselves are free, you will need a paid subscription to the service at $34.99 to follow a single team, $39.99 for the entire league, and $69.99 for the Season Plus package that brings along the All-22 cam and telestrator features. Hit the source links for more info on the packages and exactly when the games are available for viewing, if you’re more of a Monday Morning QB than real-time NFL Red Zone / Sunday Ticket aficionado, they may work for you.

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NFL Game Rewind apps for iOS and Android tablets appear with coaches film and telestrator features originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It looks like a handful of select apps have outed Mountain View’s Labor day plans: Google Play’s End of Summer Sale. SwiftKey 3, The Lorax — Dr. Seuss, Square Enix’s Crystal Defenders, and other apps are now brandishing deep discounts, almost uniformly attributing the savings to the End of Summer Sale. Not every title on discount claims to be part of the unannounced event, however — Max Payne Mobile slashed its price by 67 percent without so much as a hint at the alleged festivities. Google hasn’t made the event official just yet, but we’d be willing to wager the deals will run through the holiday weekend. Check out the source link below to start making the most of your Google gift cards.

Update: Google’s made the sale official, featuring 18 discounted apps for your shopping pleasure. Check out the official list of sale items at the updated source link below, but don’t limit yourself: Max Payne Mobile and a handful of other deeply discounted games aren’t on it.

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Google Play’s End of Summer Sale outed by discounted apps, lets the Lorax speak for the savings originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google would really like you to grab more content from Google Play. Really. Just to drive its point home, the company has subtly introduced a Recommended for You section across the app and media portals of the Google Play Store on Android devices. The recommendations build on what we’ve seen through the web and go by similarities to other users, regional tastes and (naturally) +1 clicks. Don’t worry that you’ll be stuck with endless lists of Sudoku games after you download one on a lark: you can hide individual suggestions to thin the ranks. Recommendation systems aren’t anything new for mobile stores, but Google’s implementation is no doubt a useful tool for both Android fans moving beyond the basics as well as developers that would like to accelerate an already brisk app download rate.

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Google Play starts recommending content on Android devices, keeps the downloads flowing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Play quietly updated its device availability page over the weekend, making the Nexus 7 available to Germany, France and Spain. Patient Europeans can now pick up Mountain View’s seven-inch wonderkind’s 8GB and 16GB models for €199 and €249, respectively. Conversion rates comparatively price the slate at about $248 and $311, meaning the new markets will have to suffer a small premium for the slate. Worse still, is that not all of Google Play’s services are available worldwide, with both Play Music and Magazines retaining US exclusivity. If you can bear with the inconveniences, however, one fine little tablet awaits.

Nexus 7 checks off Spain, Germany and France on availability chart, sells for a premium originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Good news for people who love good news — Google has just thrown some bug fixes at its Play Music app with Google TV support that launched late last year. Point being, Google TV users can now fire up the app and stream their stored tunes to the speakers connected to their entertainment system. In related news, GigaOM has spotted that the latest Chrome OS update actually enables users to watch television shows and movies from the Google Play store, but unfortunately, it’s not wise enough to spot where you’ve paused it and let you pick things up on a different Android device. For those who’ve updated, let us know how either process is going for you in comments below. Or don’t — no pressure.

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Google Play Music app updated for Google TV, Play video content now streaming to Chromebooks originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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