This year’s London Film Festival is set to showcase its usual mix of big movies and cult hits, but now it has a spin-off iPhone app to drum up publicity for the event.

Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin Many parents are already handing over their precious iPads to their offspring on car journeys and other trips, simply to keep them quiet. However, Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin is an app for kids that is much better for using together. It’s a version of the fairy tale of the same name, reimagined as a pop-up […]

Justin.tv is one of the increasingly popular live video-streaming services, which let webcam and smartphone owners broadcast live to the world. Until now, its iPhone app has only let you watch livestreams from the Justin.tv site, leaving it lagging behind rivals like Ustream and Qik.

iPhone users are well used to the hand-drawn ‘Doodle’ aesthetic, thanks to the success of the Doodle Jump game – and hundreds of imitators. Doodle Cam applies the idea to the videos and photos that you shoot on your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4.

It’s strange to think that a decade or so ago, the idea of internet shopping was still distrusted by a lot of people. Even those who were happy to flash their credit cards for Amazon books and eBay items often pooh-poohed the idea of buying food or clothing online.

Addicted to Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me? Fancy yourself as a participant? Hopefully you’re not dislikeable enough. But if you’re planning a Come Dine.. style round of dinner parties with friends, the show’s official app will be really useful.

At long last, the undisputed king of Voice over IP (VoIP) has arrived on Android. We’re not sure why it’s taken so long, and handset compatibility still isn’t stellar (it works on our Milestone but not our Galaxy S) but it’s here and it’s as polished a communication tool as ever.

While Amazon MP3 provides the closest thing to an iTunes for Android, the platform’s uniquely open nature means it can host a fair few worthy alternatives too. 7digital is just such a service, offering high quality MP3s with no DRM restrictions.

Whether trawling through the Auto Trader magazine is part of your weekly ritual or you just log onto the website whenever your car goes bang, this is a useful app.

Are fashionistas taking to the iPad? Their handbags are certainly large enough to carry one around. Fashion bible Vogue is hoping to appeal with its new iPad app, which currently offers an interactive version of the magazine’s December issue.

It’s a good time to be a parent with an iPad, as a steady stream of innovative book-apps for kids are released on the App Store. Food Fight! Is one of the best-looking ones yet, based on a book by Aussie author Glenn Melenhorst about a boy called Timmy and an, er, alien sausage called […]

iPhone browser app Skyfire proved so popular on release, it ‘sold out’ – meaning so many people used it, the server strain forced its developer to remove the app from the App Store. However, with a return promised soon, it’s well worth stumping up for if you get the chance.

iPhone photography apps are picking up speed, from creative ones like Instagram through to sillier fare like FatBooth. Which, by the way, has become something of a viral hit, such is the demand for an app that lets people make their friends look porky.