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Catch some extremeness on Fuel.tv

Fuel.TV app, from the FUEL extreme sports channel, has TV shows available on the Android. You can now catch some action on the go.

  • Content is syndicated from the www.fuel.tv
  • Includes nine video channels and the ability to filter your fav sport
  • Live-event streaming
  • Lets you upload photos and track events too

Book a taxi the easy way

Taxi Magic has a nationwide online taxi booking service that is directly integrated with taxi dispatch systems.

  • Find taxis near you
  • Schedule it from your mobile phone to arrive now or at a specified time
  • Track the arrival of your on a map
  • Display your driver’s name and car number
  • Pay by credit card, the app takes $1.50 and allows you to specify the tip
  • Get a detailed e-receipt to expense the trip

Wake up to the weather

Good Morning a talking alarm clock that does all these to wake you up:

  • tells you the current weather
  • plays music
  • reads the date and time
  • tells you the weather forecast

The UI could use some polish, but the app does what it’s supposed to do.

Access your Windows PC remotely

Wyse Pocketcloud supports the windows RDP protocol and lets you connect to a PC, virtual machine or server from your android phone. A must have for windows sysadmins.

  • VMware View™ 4 Support
  • RDP 7 Support
  • Custom keyboard with function and short-cut keys
  • Enterprise grade security: 128-bit encryption and FIPS support
  • Direct connections and advanced tunneling with TLS/SSL encryption
  • Experimental support for RSA Two-Factor Authentication

Fastest way to answer questions like: Lead actor in Avatar?

IMDb app brings 1.5 million movies and TV shows + 3.2 million actors and crew members to your Android.

  • View trailers, reviews, quotes and trivia
  • Look up showtimes for movies and TV shows
  • View recaps of recent shows
  • Sort by popularity and box office results
  • Buy DVDs on Amazon
  • Share stuff you like

If you don’t have the app at hand, just send a tweet to @imdbbot in the form of “t [movie title] or [TV show title]” or “p [person's name]” and receive a reply/sms.

Thanks Mashable.

Read books the right way

Kindle from Amazon now available. If you want digital books, kindle is the way to go. Works on all platforms and get the Kindle device if epaper is your thing.

  • Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages.
  • Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created elsewhere.
  • Search and browse more than 600,000 books.
  • Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy.

Find the right drink at a bar or make one at home

Drinkspiration by Absolut shows you the popular drinks in your location.

The best part is that, it shows you what goes into that drink, 400 recipes in all.

Be sure to try a few drinks from the list for the next party.

Sleep like a baby

White Noise Lite makes sounds like, waves crashing on a beach and the soothing sound of rain, so you can sleep tight. The timer stops sounds after a pre-defined time.

Worth a try to see if it makes your daily sleep better. Put it on low volume though.

Don’t type, Swype!

Swype lets you drag on the keyboard to create words. Youtube.

Their website provides a nice Swype tips section.

It is interesting that Swype is being included in the new Samsung Galaxy S (super) phones.

Youtube: Galaxy S presentation

Catchup on WorldCup with an Android FIFA app

World DroidCup.

Packed with features and is the top downloaded FIFA app.

Update: World Cup 2010 – Fotmob looks better. Thanks Richard.