{"id":7245,"date":"2014-12-11T12:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T04:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2014-12-11T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:00:12","slug":"useful-apps-windows-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2014\/12\/11\/useful-apps-windows-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Some useful apps for Windows users this festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the season for merry making once again, and it\u2019s also time to refresh your apps collection on your devices to get ready for the festive season!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether it is apps for organizing a great dinner party, or to get your life organized for the new year, there\u2019s a wide array of apps for both your Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 devices that are bound to make a difference in your holiday experience this year.<\/p>\n

We hope you have an \u2018appening holiday season ahead!<\/p>\n

\"Vine\"<\/a>Never miss a jolly moment during the festive season with Vine \u2013 the best way to see and share life in motion! It\u2019s a great video creation app to create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see and share! Vine enables you to put clips together, creating a unique, six-second video to be shared with fellow Vine users and friends on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n

\"Groupme\"<\/a>Let\u2019s admit it, it\u2019s a logistical nightmare to get all your loved ones in a single location for that once-in-a-year gathering. GroupMe makes it easy to connect lots of people in one thread. Start teasing your party with photos and short videos of what to expect. The group can even share content from social networks such as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and more to keep the conversation flowing, regardless of where you are.<\/p>\n

\"Meal<\/a>When it comes to planning a great party, Bing Food & Drink (Windows, Windows Phone) is a great place to start. You can plan your menu ahead with the Collection or Meal Planner feature, while finding that great bottle of wine from our collection of over 1.5 million bottles.Browse hundreds of thousands of recipes from your favorite magazines, chefs, bloggers and cooks. Enjoy easy-to-follow instructions, beautiful photos and access to your saved shopping lists and collections from anywhere. Watch how-to videos, browse the extensive wine and cocktails guides and stay in the know on the latest food and drink trends.<\/p>\n

\"Vivino<\/a>Speaking about wine, have you ever had the experience of wracking your brains to recall a particular bottle of vino that you\u2019ve recently read about, but without success? With Vivino Wine Scanner, you can easily retrieve pricing, rating and reviews with a snap of the wine label and even curate your favourites onto your Wish List so that you can grab that awesome bottle of vino for your dinner party. Take a photo of any wine label to uncork pricing, ratings, reviews, and food paring suggestions and recommendations from a community of more than 4.5 million wine lovers.<\/p>\n

\"Zomato\"<\/a>Looking for a great, homely restaurant for your Christmas dinner with family and friends instead? No need to worry because Zomato is here to help! Build a trusted network of friends and discover great new restaurants through them. Show off your own food journey with reviews, stunning filtered pictures, and check-ins at restaurants. View menus, pictures, phone numbers, directions, user reviews, and all the other information you need to choose a restaurant for Dine-out, Delivery, Nightlife or Takeaway. Maintain an easy-reference list of your favorites or places you want to visit with Bookmarks.Check in at restaurants you visit, see useful information about the restaurant, add photos, and tag friends you’re eating or drinking with.<\/p>\n

\"Lazada\"<\/a>And what\u2019s Christmas without a few gift surprises? With more and more consumers in the Philippines turning to e-commerce to get their shopping online, shopping apps like Lazada becomes a great companion to get your Christmas shopping done.Download the Lazada App to get our latest deals and weekly discounts. Browse various categories anytime on your mobile & tablet for the best discounted prices on products ranging from electronics, fashion, cameras, tablets, mobile accessories to home appliances and health and beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the season for merry making once again, and it\u2019s also time to refresh your apps collection on your devices to get ready for the festive season! Whether it is apps for organizing a great dinner party, or to get your life organized for the new year, there\u2019s a wide array of apps for both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22],"tags":[859],"class_list":["post-7245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-spotlight","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}