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The app includes a wine encyclopaedia with information on over 1.5 million bottles of vino. Using the touchless gesture controls on Windows 8.1 devices, you can even browse recipes with getting flour prints all over the touchscreen. Bon appetit.

Fancy a tipple? Then check out Windows 8 app COCKTAIL FLOW, which not only has recipes, but can knock something together after you input your available ingredients.
America’s kitchen queen Martha Stewart is the brains behind the EVERYDAY FOOD app, also for Windows 8. Recipes, tips and techniques, are all on board. The food photography alone will have you drooling like a Labrador over a bowel of Pedigree Chum.

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One of a kind
Buckle up because the games are about to begin. Prior to its launch on November 22, the Xbox One is touring cities across the world to show off its next gen graphics and breathtaking games. Xbox is bringing its bundle of joy to Dublin from 14-17 of November, while cruising around Europe in special Test Drive vehicles. Fans will be able to check out titles such as Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, Killer Instinct, Dead Rising 3, Kinect Sports Rivals, Crimson Dragon, Max: Curse of the Brotherhood, Zoo Tycoon, and Minecraft. For more information, check out xbox.com/onetour.
BBC encores with music app
The BBC might be better known for Top of the Pops than digital music products, but the UK broadcaster is launching an app that lets you create playlists, before exporting them to Spotify, You Tube and Deezer. Users log tunes they hear on the BBC and follow playlists from DJ’s, radio stations and TV programmes. You’ll also be able to check out hand-picked content across the BBC, from Zane Lowe’s Hottest Records of 2013, to tracks from Later with ... Jools Holland, to Glastonbury coverage. The BBC’s Playlister app is available on PC and via a mobile browser and will be added to other devices in the near future.
Nokia’s grand designs Images have leaked of Nokia’s first tablet, the Lumia 2520. Seemingly available in cyan and red, the tablet is rumoured to carry a 1080p, 10.1-inch display, run Windows RT, and feature a 6.7MP camera. There’s a purported 10 hours of battery life, LTE support, 32GB of storage, a micro HDMI connector and a micro USB port. Previously coined the Nokia Sirius, the tablet is expected to be revealed at October’s Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. Nokia’s 6” smartphone, the Lumia 1520, is also expected to be unveiled at the event. Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia, for a reported €5.4 billion, will be completed by early 2014.