A selection of eight new and notable apps today:

Podcasts

Apple has stripped podcasts out of its iTunes app in favour of a standalone Podcasts app for iOS. That means browsing the company's catalogue of hundreds of thousands of audio and video podcasts, with the ability to subscribe to favourites, then stream or download individual episodes.
iPhone / iPad

Matching With Friends

Zynga sprang a surprise last night with the release of its latest With Friends game for iPhone. Matching With Friends is a match-three puzzle using "jelly blocks", with the usual asynchronous social features to play against friends.
iPhone

Facewatch id

The Metropolitan Police has worked with Facewatch to make an app that encourages the public to identify people "that the Police would like to speak to" – low-level criminals, rioters and so on. The idea being that people type in their postcode, browse the photos and send in details like name and address of any they know.
Android / BlackBerry / iPhone

Where Is The Light by The Amplifetes

Swedish band The Amplifetes are releasing their latest video as an interactive iPhone app: "a music video game, set to the title track, which immerses the player into The Amplifetes world". Players who stick with it to the end get a free download, and if they get the highest points, they might win a trip to the Arctic Circle.
iPhone

YouTube for PS Vita

Yes! It's not just about apps for smartphones and tablets on this blog. Sony has launched an official YouTube app for its PS Vita handheld, providing a way for gamers to stream videos over Wi-Fi or 3G on the device.
PS Vita

Squids Wild West

iOS RPG Squids has been hailed as a cross between Angry Birds and Final Fantasy Tactics (except with more tentacles, obviously). Now it has a sequel set in the underwater Wild West, with the squiddy heroes battling crabs, shrimp and other villains in turn-based strategic action.
iPhone / iPad

MeMeTales - Children's Books

The latest developer looking to offer lots of children's stories within one app (rather than separate, individual book-apps) is MeMeTales. It's released its Android app with 20 free stories, and the promise of one more every week. It's working with a range of publishers to bring their books to the app.
Android

Bo's Jigsaw Puzzles

Children's brand Heppi has launched a new app based on its Bo the Giraffe character. Aimed at 2-6 year-olds, it includes digital jigsaw puzzles with four, nine and 16 pieces.
iPhone / iPad