App appreciation… YumvY, has won the People’s Choice award in Microsoft’s Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest in the US. It is a cooking companion to help users prepare healthy and nutritious meals. The judge-selected winner in the Windows 8 app category was Eatfindr, a simple way to locate healthy restaurants (that also filters for the user’s allergies). Health Center was the judge-selected Windows Phone 8 app winner. It lets users look up their medications and find them at a reduced cost.
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