Ever forget your hotel room number? Then Steve Casimiro (adventure.nationalgeographic.com) wants to tell you about Room. It’s one of the iPhone travel apps Casimiro has come to rely on as he roams the world for National Geographic Adventure magazine. He’s also found apps that help him pack a better suitcase, phone home for less, find Wi-Fi hot spots, and lots more besides. Is your favourite travel app among his picks?

The National Gallery in London houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world. This app contains more than 250 works, and includes video, audio, zoomable high-resolution images, theme groupings and image galleries. Explore the brushstrokes and hear the stories behind masterpieces by Leonardo, Renoir, Botticelli, Rembrandt and Van Gogh, along with lesser known paintings and hidden gems. Listen to commentary and insight from famous artists, writers and experts who will take you on an unforgettable journey into art.

The results are in, and it’s time to reveal the winners of our Creative Talent Contest. Open since January 2009 to all students enrolled at Apple Authorised Training Centres for Education (AATCe), the contest gave some of Europe’s most talented students the chance to showcase their video and music production skills using Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio. We received hundreds of applications, and the quality of the entries was extremely high. All finalists were awarded mini prizes, and the top four songs and movies are now available for download from the iTunes Store.