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Video Premiere: Dakota Fanning Featuring Kristen Stewart, ‘Cherry Bomb’
Mar 11th
Smudged eyeliner! Feathered hair! Straddling of a mic stand! Is it hot in here, or is that just Dakota Fanning kissing Kristen Stewart? I don’t know, but I want in.
The bad news: The “Cherry Bomb” video is only a few minutes long. The good news: There’s an entire movie where that come from. The highly anticipated (by me, especially) biopic The Runaways is out March 19 (finally). The “Cherry Bomb” video is basically a glorified trailer for the movie itself, but it also showcases Dakota Fanning’s eerily on-point dropkick vocal chops. Girl IS Cherie Currie. Tick tick BOOM.
5 more tips for using Google Buzz on your phone
Mar 11th
Last week we shared some tips for getting the most out of Google Buzz for mobile. We’re back with more ways to help you become a power buzz poster and find the most interesting buzz while you’re on the go. Try these 5 tips for the Google Buzz for mobile web app (buzz.google.com) on your iPhone or Android 2.0+ device.
1. Post buzz with your voice. 
You can post your public buzz simply by speaking it. From the Google Mobile App for iPhone or Quick Search Box on Android, select the voice search icon, say “post buzz” followed by the text you’d like to post, and watch your words appear. Before your post is sent, you’ll be able to edit it or change its tagged location.
2. Filter the Nearby tab for a specific place. 
From the Nearby tab, you can easily filter buzz by a specific place, such as a sushi restaurant you’re about to walk by, to only see posts from that place. Open the menu showing nearby places, for example “Tartine Bakery and 20+ other locations nearby,” and then select a specific place from the list. Now, you’ll see all the public buzz anyone’s ever posted from that place or you can quickly create a post that is tagged with the place. To go back, just open the same menu and select your current location shown with the blue dot. You’ll once again see all the recently posted buzz around your location.
3. Search! 
As you’d expect from any Google product, Google Buzz for mobile has a powerful search feature that lets you search all public buzz for topics that interest you. Open the menu or just select the magnifying glass icon to see the search bar. You can also search specifically for nearby posts by checking the “Search nearby” box before submitting your search (it’s already checked if you’re in the Nearby tab). Now you can find out what people around you are saying about the closest pizza spot or a traffic jam.
4. Post from your city-level location.
Tagging a post with your location is easy and adds context to your buzz posts. Sometimes, your post isn’t about a specific place or you’d rather not share your exact location. You can easily show your city-level location, so your post has a general city location tagged and will be browsable in the Nearby view and Maps Buzz layer. When posting, just select the “>” in the location box, scroll down, and select the city-level location option.
5. Refresh your location.
On the other hand, sometimes you really want your location to be exact. When you visit the Nearby tab or want to tag your post with a location, Google Buzz will try to get your location using your phone’s GPS. If you’re not happy with the location accuracy, you’re moving, or you’re just stepping outside to get a GPS signal, hit the ‘refresh’ icon to tell the Google Buzz web app to get your location again. You can also learn more about troubleshooting location problems.
Stay tuned for more tips! Visit our Help Center to learn more or tell us your feedback and questions in our Help Forum. You can also give us suggestions and vote on other people’s on the Mobile Product Ideas page.
Posted by Chris Nguyen, Product Marketing, Google Mobile
5 Things We Expect To See In Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ Video Featuring Beyonce
Mar 11th
There’s no instrument on this earth mighty enough to measure the hype and buzz surrounding Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video. I mean, this is a video that’s purported to be EVEN BIGGER THAN “Bad Romance.” A video better than “Bad Romance”? Is that even legal? The thought of topping “Bad Romance” is almost too unfathomable for our pretty little brains. That said, we love a challenge. So here are five things we expect to see intonight’s debut of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video featuring Beyonce.
1. Lethal Weapon 5
Come on: Beyonce as the grizzled, too-old-for-this veteran. Gaga as the unstable but gifted upstart. We already know these girls like to play with guns and pay homage to other directors (see B’s Quentin-Tarantino-checking “Video Phone“), so let’s go all the way. The world needs a new buddy cop franchise. Let’s start right here.
2. Alexander Graham Bell
Don’t really care if it’s a Hall Of Presidents style, animatronic appearance or an Avatar-esque digital projection; this is the biggest thing to happen to the telephone since Luke Wilson started doing AT&T ads. We demand an appearance from the telephone’s inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.
3. And While We’re On The Subject Of Phones…
Let’s see a parade of ‘em, please. Rotary phones, pay phones, the original cell phone from American Psycho, Michael Douglas’ car phone from Wall Street, soup cans on strings, telegraph machines, Juno’s hamburger phone. Let’s celebrate communication, people!
4. A Surprise Reunion With All The Gals From The “Lady Marmalade” Video
Since we haven’t been this excited for a music video gathering of women since the heady days of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, we’d like to see Missy Elliot, Christina Aguilera and Lil’ Kim join in on the fun.
5. A Cameo From God
What? You think our expectations are too high? What else is going to top “Bad Romance“?
Check out the Beyonce leg of this epic team-up, “Video Phone,” below. “Telephone” premieres tonight!
