The thing about train wrecks is once an out-of-control locomotive steamrolls off of the tracks, there's no telling where it will land. Such is the morbid curiosity that comes from seeing where Charlie Sheen will take his antics next. He's tried talk shows, live streaming, and even the stand-up variety show circuit. What's left to, um, conquer? The mobile app world, duh!
Ever since it debuted a month ago, we’ve been hopelessly obsessed with Fable’s Coin Golf. It’s everything we want in an app game: simple, bite-sized, turn-based, and possessing enough depth and variety that it doesn’t become boring.
Golf is a bit of a misnomer here—this is more like a hybrid shuffleboard game. The goal is to maneuver a disc-looking object to the “hole” in as few a turns as possible. You do so by applying force; pull back from the puck to launch it, and the harder you pull, the harder you launch.
Logitech is launching a new app for iPad owners that will allow for remote viewing and management of their Logitech Alert digital video security system from any place they take their tablet. It's called "Logitech Alert," and it's just one of a family of apps Logitech says it is designing for the iPad. With it, iPad owners who left their notebook at home can still check in and make sure everything is as it should be.
Hulu has just released a new version of its Hulu Plus app for the Roku set-top box player. You should automatically receive the update to version 1.9 the next time you launch the Hulu Plus app on Roku, though you can also force the update by opening and exiting the Roku Channel Store. Details of the minor update after the jump.
We're fans of Sonos' in-home audio solutions, which have consistently scored high marks in our formal reviews. We're also fans of Android, the popular open-source OS from Google. That's why we're stoked Sonos is working on a 'Sonos Controller' app for Android devices, unfortunately it looks like we'll have to wait a little while longer before it drops in the Android Market.
In our opinions, the Windows Phone 7 platform is under appreciated for games, apps, media and more. We're going to rectify this grave injustice one app at a time through our new WinPhone App of the Week column. 
Apple is taking a mulligan on approving what some are calling a 'Gay Cure' app from iTunes after more than 100,000 people signed an online petition to have it removed, The Baltimore Sun reports. The app was created by Exodus International, which has ministries that "provide support for individuals who want to recover from homosexuality," according to the organization's website. So how did it get approved in the first place?
Apple's App Store is filled with more than 350,000 applications. According to AndroLib, the Android Market has about 280,000 apps. Apple in January announced that App Store Downloads topped 10 billion. Again, according to AndroLib, the Android Market sits at 3.7 billion and climbing. If looking just at these numbers, then clearly the advantage belongs to Apple. But if you're a software developer, there's one very compelling reason you should consider Android over iOS.
So you really dig this one particular girl, the only problem is her Facebook status reveals she's in a relationship? Or maybe the guy you barely know via Facebook is still married to what's her face, and you just know it's not going to last. It's probably not a good idea to go meddling, but it's easy enough to stalk one or more people you're interested in with developer Dan Loewenherz's new Breakup Notifier App.
