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"  Before last NFL season kicked off, PopMech reviewed some of the best apps for fantasy football freaks. We found that Yahoo&amp;#039;s app has been decidedly lacking\u2014this despite the fact that it&amp;#039;s the number one fantasy site in the country. This year, though, the app is finally up to code for those who want to obsess over their rosters on the go. In the recently updated app\u2014now available for free download\u2014Yahoo has gone beyond simplifying its design and interface. The iPhone version is now void of Apple&amp;#039;s arch nemesis, Flash, making mobile drafting a prominent feature for all users. &amp;quot;People have been asking for mobile draft for years and the last app was Flash-based,&amp;quot; Ron Belmarch, Yahoo&amp;#039;s product director tells PopMech. &amp;quot;With Apple user numbers growing, it was a pretty big gap we just filled.&amp;quot;   Belmarch&amp;#039;s team also worked in a live mock draft, available at any time. This comes one year after Yahoo finally added trade and waiver abilities in its app. &amp;quot;You can join a mock draft lobby, find a group of people and practice your draft strategy,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Draft day is the biggest day in fantasy leagues.&amp;quot; By including mobile drafting, Yahoo finally gave owners an app on par with the competition. Cleaning up the user interface will help, too. Belmarch describes the new look as a clean, modern black-based aesthetic that replaces the outdated goalpost-centric clipart feel of yesteryear. &amp;quot;Users have definitely noticed it and taken a liking to it [the app has a 4+ rating on iTunes]. It also has improved performance and you will notice things are a lot faster and easier on the eyes,&amp;quot; he says. Expect to see the fresh design run across all games in the future, leading up to the time, Blemarch says, when Yahoo will combine all of its sports under one roof in a single mobile fantasy sports app.  Follow Tim Newcomb on Twitter at @tdnewcomb. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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