Become a star chef by pleasing a host of hungry patrons in the the delicious game Cooking Dash for Android.

You’ll need to select the the right food item, cook it up, plate it and serve customers to keep them happy.

Features:

• Two modes – Casual and Time
• 3 difficulty levels (Casual Mode)
• Online leaderboard

Note: For Android version 2.1 and higher.

Download Cooking Dash on the iPad for free from iTunes.

After many years of loneliness, the Cat has finally landed a date but the only way to get there on time is via a tightrope in the game Tightrope Walking for Android.

Features:

• Two ways to control the cat, accelerometer and touch
• Touch control – if the cat leans right or left, tap and hold the opposite side of the screen
• Accelerometer control – use the phone’s accelerometer to control the cat

Download Tightrope Walking for free from the Android Market.

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Gameloft is in a giving mood this Labour Day weekend. The gaming company will be giving away some of their popular Android games for free until September 5.

What’s the catch? You’ll need to follow Gameloft’s Twitter or Facebook account for each specific announcement because you’ll have 2 hours to grab the free game.

Gameloft Twitter
Gameloft Facebook

They are also having a sale on all Android games, grab a game for $0.99 from this promo link.

Want an invite to the hottest thing in the tech world? Google’s “music beta” page just went live and you can request an invitation to the party right now. Check out the link below!

Google Music Beta Invite

Currently the service is only available in the US.

Express your creativity by creating your own clock widget with “Make Your Clock Widget Beta” for Android. Do you prefer minimalistic or full feature? The choice is yours.

Features:

• Sizes – 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2, 3×1,3×2, 4×1, 4×2
• Edit Textsize and Textcolor
• Single Tap to launch app

Note: If you have a Taskmanager/Task Killer running please exclude/uninstall.

How to Video:

Download Make Your Clock Widget Beta for free from the Android Market.

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Seems like every week there’s a hot new must-have Android phone coming out, add Droid X to that list. Verizon’s Droid X site has just gone live with just enough details to wet your appetite. Hungry for more info? Go sign up to get Droid X notifications (link below).

Engadget hands on video:

Engadget

Verizon Droid X Website

Looks like Amazon is almost ready to release Kindle for Android. No official date was announced but expect the app real soon.

The Kindle app will allow you to browse over 500,000 books from Amazon’s online bookstore, purchase and download books and read books directly from the app.

Features:

• Read Amazon Kindle books without a Kindle
• Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read with other devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, PC, BlackBerry)
• Adjustable text size
• Add bookmarks
• Portrait or landscape mode support

If you want to be notified when the app goes public head over to Amazon’s Android page to sign up.

The newest version of Google Maps (version 4.2) will help you get around town in a more eco-friendly way. Now you’ll be able to get biking directions, trails, lanes from your Android phone.

What’s new in Google Maps 4.2:

Biking – When searching for directions, tap the new bicycle icon for the optimal bicycling route.

Navigation shortcut – Great tool for when you’re driving and need directions quickly. Add it to your home screen.

Sharing – Tell family and friends exactly where you are via Email, text message, Google Buzz, Facebook, or Twitter.

Update Google Maps or get it for free from the Android Market.

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Google has made their Image Search more Android friendly. The new image search has been optimized for speed, absorb more images in less time.

Features:

• Image thumbnails optimized to fit more images on the screen
• Swipe to view “Next” images or “Previous” results
• Images should now appear more quickly as you browse

Image Search Demo:

Give the new Image Search update a try by going to Google.com from your Droid and tap on “Images”.

Those who are familiar with Place Pages on Google Maps will be happy to hear the mobile version of Place Page is now integrated into your mobile web browsing.

Place Pages lets you view all sorts of information like restaurant hours, reviews, images, contact info, comments and more all from one place.

New Place Pages for mobile video demo:

To start using Place Pages just go to “google.com” from your Android phone, do a search for some place and from the results page click the place result to view everything you’ll ever want to know about that business.

Google Mobile Blog