February 2010
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"I love the cowbell. I think it's awesome. My...
- Time Magazine:10 Questions for Lindsey Vonn
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ABCNews.com - 7 Ways to Enjoy the Olympics Without...
By KI MAE HEUSSNER Feb. 23, 2010
Cowbell 2010 Lets You Cheer From Your Living Room
If you really want to feel like you’re slopeside at Whistler, take a look at Cowbell 2010.
The new iPhone application turns your phone into a clamoring cowbell, just like the ones cheering on Olympic alpine skiers.
Launched by Boulder, Colo.-based Rage Digital, the 99-cent app has been downloaded more...
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NPR: iPhone App Adds More Cowbell To Winter Games
February 18, 2010
It’s a tradition at the Winter Olympics to use a cowbell to cheer for athletes — it’s louder than clapping with mittens on. A new iPhone application called Cowbell 2010 turns your iphone into a cowbell. At 99 cents, the app is one of the top sports downloads in the iTunes app store.
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, our...
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Wall Street Journal: App Watch - Adding More...
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
Fans at the Winter Olympics have long used cowbells to cheer for athletes, and now a new iPhone app allows you to recreate the experience even if you don’t have a brass bell handy.
The cowbell can be decorated with one of 35 flags. Cowbell2010, available for 99 cents, turns your iPhone into a virtual cowbell that makes a convincing clanking sound when you shake the...
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Denver Post
OUTDOOR EXTREMES — BUY
Cowbell 2010 a great call
Compiled by Scott Willoughby The Denver Post
POSTED: 02/16/2010 01:00:00 AM MST
What do fans of alpine sports, “Saturday Night Live” and Blue Oyster Cult have in common? You’ve got it: They need more cowbell. Lucky for them, Boulder-based Rage Digital is here to provide with a just-in-time Olympic iPhone and iPod Touch App...
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The Age: Best iPhone apps for Vancouver 2010...
Cowbell 2010 is designed for die-hard supporters - named after the bells that spectators like to ring (it’s hard to clap in mittens). You can even shake your phone to ring the bell. The app lets you nominate your favourite country and bookmark events.
Cowbell 2010’s other handy feature is that it lets you keep track of Olympics-focused Twitter feeds. Ringing the bell is a bit of fun...
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Courier Journal: App of the Week
Now that I have an “app phone” (as David Pogue says) I think its time to begin reviewing some of these apps. Are they revolutionary? Are they a waste of time? Or do they somehow skirt the line between the two? I bring you… Cowbell 2010. I discovered this little gem while surfing the “featured” apps in the Apple iPhone App Store (it’s also available on iPod...
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Stuff Magazine: App of the Week
If you’ve got Olympic fever, the only prescription is more cowbell. Sadly, everyone’s favourite bovine soundtrack to downhill skiing weighs a ton and is tricky to sneak through airport security - unlike this lightweight, low priced app.
Simply skin the virtual cowbell with the national flag of your choice and shake your iPhone in the air to recreate the authentic atmosphere of Team...
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Seattle Thrillist: More - Cowbell 2010 App
This robust Vancouver Games inspired app boasts a full event schedule, a real-time medal tally, and social media features like a Twitter feed following hundreds of athletes, and a F-book connected “Live Wall”, all while sonically aping the distinctive clamor of the Alpine Cowbells traditionally used to support winter athletes by utilizing the iPhone’s shake feature, so you can...
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VANCOUVER VOICE: Ring a cowbell from your own sofa
Posted: Wednesday 10th February 2010 | 18:08
IN the modern age of mobile gadgets, a number of companys have launched a series of iPhone applications to keep everyone connected with goings-on at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
GET RINGING: Cowbell 2010 is set to revolutionise mobile coverage of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver (www.cowbell2010 / Rage Digital)
Whether you are travelling to...
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Cowbell2010 is the #1 Paid Sports App!!!
Remember, if you got a fever, the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!! Thanks everyone!
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TIME Magazine - Quotes of the Day
TIME magazine gave us some love in their Quotes of the Day section! A Cowbell2010 image was featured next to a quote from Steve Jobs.
(TIME Magazine)
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New York Times Blog!
February 3, 2010, 4:22 PM
Bringing ‘a Little More Cowbell’ to the Olympics
By LYNN ZINSER
If you ever thought the Olympics “could’ve used a little more cowbell,” there is now an iPhone app rushing to the rescue.
Cowbell2010, available on iTunes for 99 cents, turns an iPhone or an iPod Touch into a virtual cowbell, ringing loudly when the phone is shaken or the screen tapped. The cowbell on...
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AP News
Lugging a real cowbell to the slopes to make noise for your favorite Winter Olympian is so, well, 2006. Who needs a separate hunk of metal when you can just use that iPhone that’s already in your pocket? Cowbell2010 allows fans to “drape” a noisemaker in the flag of the country of their choice. (Well, a picture of the flag shows up on your screen.)Shake the iPhone and the bell...
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Cowbell2010 on 9News Denver!
Digital Cowbell
A Boulder company Rage Digital came up with this cowbell app for your iPhone. For 99 cents, it transforms your phone into a clanging cowbell, draped in the country flag of your choice.
Just shake the phone and the bell does the rest. It comes with a complete event schedule, medal count tally and more. Just look for Cowbell2010 at www.apple.com/itunes.
We’ll have the...
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Cowbell2010 on EverythingiCafe
Rage Digital dropped us a line to let us know about their new app Cowbell2010 (App Store link). Not only do you get the full event schedule, real-time medal count and a live Twitter feed from hundreds of Olympians, but you also get a national flag covered cowbell.
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January 2010
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Olympic Cheer With Cowbell2010 For iPhone
by X1Zero on January 24th, 2010
Cheer for your Olympic team with Cowbell2010!
Cowbell2010 by Rage Digital Inc.
Cowbell2010 is a virtual Alpine cowbell that can be skinned in any country flag. Whether you are cheering for Canada, USA, or any other country, users may skin their cowbell to show their pride!
Once a flag is chosen (or not chosen), tapping on the cowbell or shaking the iPhone rings...
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Cowbell2010 Press: Denver Business Journal - Rage...
Reporter: Greg Avery
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 1:50pm MST | Modified: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 1:55pm
Headed to the Vancouver Olympics next month, but lack a cowbell to clang slopeside like those rabid downhill fans? Don’t worry, now there’s an app for that.
A virtual cowbell developed by Rage Digital started selling on the Apple app store Jan. 19. It’s the first paid app the Boulder...
Cowbell2010 Official Press Release
Media Contact:
Jennifer Kardian
Stefanie Jones Public Relations, Inc.
jkardian@sjonespr.com
678-352-3652
For Immediate Release
Cowbell2010 iPhone App Supercharges the Olympic Fan’s Experience
Winter Olympics watchers around the world get the full event schedule, real-time medal count, live Twitter feed from hundreds of Olympians and a national flag covered, virtual cowbell, all in...