Report: Samsung Launching Cloud Service on May 3 

 by Mark Hachman

Samsung is reportedly prepping its own cloud service to stream movies, photos, music, and other content, according to a report.
Maeil Business reported (via Google Translate) that the so-called S-Cloud could be launched on May 3 at an event in London. Samsung has already sent out invitations to the event, where the "next Galaxy" device is scheduled to be launched.
From the report, it's not exactly clear how many gigabytes of storage the S-Cloud would launch with. Five gigabytes is listed as a suggested amount, the same capacity attributed to the rumored Google Drive. It's possible that Samsung might allow unlimited storage of all media purchased through the S-Cloud, similar to how Amazon treats media purchased through its online store.
Samsung already uses a cloud service of sorts, called Kies, to transfer content back and forth from a PC to its Galaxy Tab tablet devices. Those tablets lack an SD card slot, so the Kies service needs to connect to a local network to transfer content. Kies, in turn, means that users need to sign up with Samsung for an account that allows them access to the Samsung cloud, including software updates to the platform.
Back in February, Samsung decided not to unveil the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, opting to instead show off the Galaxy Beam smartphone plus projector, the Galaxy Note 10.1, and the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2. The company also raised eyebrows by admitting to "not doing very well" in the tablet space.
In other Galaxy news, Sprint on Monday announced that it will offer the Android 4.0-enhanced Samsung Galaxy Nexus starting April 22. For more, see our reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab 2 and our slideshow of the Galaxy S II, below.

Instagram Removing Content That Promotes Self-Harm

Instagram, borrowing a page from Tumblr, has announced that the service is stepping up its efforts to grow a "positive and healthy community" by banishing any and all content that promotes self-harm. Or, in plain-speak, Instagram's looking to kick out anything that promotes eating disorders, cutting, suicide, or similar actions – "promotes" being the key word in that sentence.

"While Instagram is a place where people can share their lives with others through photographs, any account found encouraging or urging users to embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or to cut, harm themselves, or commit suicide will result in a disabled account without warning," reads the new addition to Instagram's community guidelines.

"We believe that communication regarding these behaviors in order to create awareness, come together for support and to facilitate recovery is important, but that Instagram is not the place for active promotion or glorification of self-harm."
Instagram is asking its users to help community-police its content by flagging photographs or users for "Terms of Service violations" if they're found to be supporting self-harm in images, hash-tags, or through the name or subject of their accounts.
But that's not all. Instagram is also making it trickier for its users to actively share this kind of content by banning related hash-tags within its search function, like "thinspiration," "probulimia," and "proanorexia."
Additionally, content that's related to self-harm, but not necessarily supporting or promoting it, will now come with a disclaimer that users must click or tap through prior to viewing the image. A warning will inform Instagram users that the content they're looking for, "may contain graphic content," and one of two different promoted URLs will appear beneath the text.
For images related to suicide or self-harm, Instagram will direct users to befrienders.org for more information or support. Content related to eating disorders will receive a disclaimer that links to nationaleatingdisorders.org.
"These notices will provide those searching for, or navigating to, these hashtag pages resources in order to seek help, as well as the ability to choose to either view or navigate away from the associated content," reads Instagram's blog post.

As mentioned, Instagram's new policy is similar to a policy Tumblr enacted  in February of this year. The site was actually exploring two different options for dealing with this kind of material: Adding a disclaimer and warning to any and all content that promotes self-harm or banning it entirely. The latter option won out, making the promotion and glorification of eating disorders, self-mutilation, or suicide persona non grata (an unwelcome person) on the site.

Kinect Can Help You Try On Jeans

The Kinect has become quite a powerful device, able to do many things and now it has another ability. Now it can help you pick out a pair of jeans. This is important economically because up to 40% of clothing purchased is returned because of poor fit.

And so Bloomingdale’s has contracted with a British body-mapping firm for an in-store service using Kinects that analyze and categorize your body, so that the clothes fit. Just step into the pod and eight Kinect sensors produce a 3D map of your body in five seconds.

Then your body is classified into one of three groups: emerald, sapphire, or ruby. You can then look at jeans and other items or use the body map online to match yourself with clothes that fit. I think it’s safe to say that women will love this. Stores will get less returns. Everyone is happy.

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