Apps

The beauty of this game is that you are competing with everyone else who wants to play – a new game starts roughly every three minutes – you join in when you want and you drop off whenever you feel like it.

Planning a recent group meeting in Chicago, this week’s author discovered Modern Luxury’s FrontDesk Windows 8 app – a monthly publication that shows you what’s happening in Chicago that month. It’s organized like a magazine with Shopping, Restaurants, and the not-to-be-missed Secret Chicago.

YumvY takes your meal and divides the cooking work into separate “to-do” lists for each cook, complete with cooking times for each dish in your meal. It’s a simple, easy way to divide and conquer when preparing a big meal.

Check out the latest Red Stripe Deals, which give bargain hunters scouring the Windows Phone Store titles at 50 percent off.

The CBC Hockey app for Windows 8 is a must-have for hockey fans. It combines the essentials you’d expect – scores, standings, game recaps – with lots of extras, including news articles, feature stories, and plenty of great video featuring the legendary and always stylish Don Cherry.

Not only does Allrecipes allow you to search thousands of recipes dynamically by preferred ingredients (chicken, for example) or dietary preferences (such as low-fat) — it also allows you to store all your favorite recipes into a single location using my Allrecipes account. And because the recipes have user ratings and feedback, you can see what others are saying about the meal before you cook it.

Red Stripe Deals save you at least 50 percent off the original price of favorite apps, indie games and Xbox titles. The latest batch includes the first Windows Phone 8 Lens specifically designed for the photography professional, and two puzzle games.