One of the biggest events in the international soccer calendar is starting in a matter of weeks: Euro 2012. Thanks to this, a plethora of apps are trickling their way through to the App Store for keen soccer fans to enthusiastically check out. While we’re going to be taking a closer look at the selection very soon, Total Euro 2012 deserves mentioning now.
The app contains a huge amount of information for Euro 2012 fans. There’s detailed head to head comparison of all the teams participating in the tournament, along with recent matches and past Euro/World Cup performance. Each player comes with detailed statistics along with their past performance of the previous two seasons.
Once the tournament begins, live updates will be provided with live commentary and up to date statistics with the promise of push notifications and post-game video highlights.
Total Euro 2012 is set to be a very comprehensive app that will be ideal for soccer fans to check in on regularly.
It’s out now, priced at $ 2.99.
Total Euro 2012
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $ 2.99
Released: 2012-05-09 :: Category: Sports
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At Bat, the app for following, listening, and watching Major League Baseball games, is back for another year, bringing with it a few structural changes, but being largely the same app as years before. 
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FileMaker, popular database software for Mac/PC and iOS, has released this year’s version of its products FileMaker Pro 12 (for Mac/PC and the web) and FileMaker Go 12 for iOS.
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Baseball Trade Rumors: This app for the 
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ESPN Fantasy Baseball 2012: Of course, a big part of the fun of baseball season starting up is that it’s also fantasy baseball season. While the game requires more commitment then the ever-popular fantasy football due to the about ten times the amount of games in a baseball season, it’s easier to check up on a team thanks to smartphones. This app in particular makes it easy to update ESPN fantasy league teams’ rosters, check matchups, and catch up on the latest ESPN headlines and tweets from their army of analysts.
I fear I may have underrated 
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It’s important to take note of what’s going on in politics, especially near an election, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t mock the process and what’s said. Hugely popular cable TV station Comedy Central has clearly taken note of it as it has just released its Indecision Election Companion. 
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Chillingo and React Entertainment showed off The Act, 
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