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Nike has launched a new iPhone app targeting footy fans - or at least those who want to get off their sofas and develop their skills.

Nike Football+ Presents: Master Control is its slightly cumbersome title, and it's free to download from the App Store.

The application offers a four-week skills training programme designed by coaches from FC Barcelona, complete with videos. Stars included in the app are Pep Guardiola, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas.

Arsenal fans may wonder why their captain is appearing in a Barca-dominated iPhone app. Perhaps Nike really does have an inside line to future transfers...

The application also includes a Fabregas-branded Challenge, which lets users benchmark their skills and post scores to a global leaderboard.

From MobileEntertainment News:

GetJar has launched its App Download Page platform, which allows developers to offer their content from within third party sites.

It comprises a mobile webpage that can be linked to from any mobile site. When that page is displayed on a phone, the device is automatically detected and the user is directed to the appropriate version of the app from within the GetJar catalogue.

If no application exists, GetJar provides a free Mobile Site Shortcut (MSS), which is a small application that launches any phone’s native web browser and redirects it to the appropriate mobile site.

The platform has recently been trialled on Facebook and Photobucket has confirmed it will roll out the service this autumn. Developers upload and manage all of their applications on the GetJar Developer site.

Ilja Lars, GetJar CEO and founder, said: “The rapid adoption and growth of mobile apps and sites makes discovery and promotion of mobile properties a critical component of any mobile strategy. As we have seen with the initial Facebook launch, App Download Page helps take brands where they really want to be: on the consumers’ handset.”