While rumours are heating up that Apple may debut the long-rumoured iWatch at a big event (that it finally officially announced) on Sept. 9, the maker of iEverything is late to the wearable party. Samsung has just released its latest high-tech timepiece. And there’s an odd-looking, Bluetooth-enabled necklace thing to go with it.
The South Korean tech giant unveiled the Samsung Gear S smartwatch last Thursday. The device features a curved screen. Curves are quickly becoming a hallmark of Samsung products as it is touting the feature for its TVs as well.
Samsung’s new watch also features the now ubiquitous set of health and fitness tracking features, including a running app from Nike.
But perhaps the biggest advancement with the Gear S is the fact that it has 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity that allows a wearer of the watch to make and receive calls even if the user’s phone is not in close proximity.
There are pros and cons to this. On the one hand, you don’t have to spend time worrying about where your phone is all the time when you want to use the watch to make a call. But you also are now a step closer to dork-dom that is, using a watch to make a call. This is a case of literally talking to the hand.
But Samsung also introduced another wearable device that sets it apart from the crowd: earbuds that feature a magnet you can clasp around your neck called the Gear Circle. Unlike the Gear S watch, though, you need a phone to pair with the Circle. Both products will officially go on sale in October.
Samsung said the Gear Circle will let users receive calls, listen to music and make voice commands “in style:” There’s even a vibrate function to let you know when calls are coming in.

The Circle may appeal to tech diehards who crave everything new and shiny. But it does seem like yet another device that has questionable utility for the masses.

Fuji Xerox printer ‘comes to your desk’ with documents
When the robot printer receives a print job, it will begin to move towards the person who ordered the printout
Fuji Xerox has developed a new robotic printer that can move around a lounge or office to bring documents to the person who printed them.
The printer is designed to be used primarily in public places as a way to keep sensitive documents secure.
Sensors on the machine prevent it from bumping into people on the way. There are several mobile printing solutions available today that users can submit the print job online through their mobile devices or laptops and they are given a secured password to collect their printouts.
Fuji Xerox – a joint venture between the two firms – has been testing the printer this month at a business lounge in Tokyo.
Each desk in the lounge is given a unique web address from which to print. Users access the address and upload documents to be printed.
Once the printer receives the job, it moves to the intended recipient who then has to display a smart card to activate printing. The battery in the printer lasts for up to a day.

MSN Messenger to end after 15 years
Windows Live Messenger was switched off in most of the world in 2013 and will be moved off in China in October, marking a final end to the 15-year-old service.
Originally known as MSN Messenger, it was launched in 1999 but was switched off for most users in 2013, after Microsoft bought rival Skype.
Users in China continued to use the old service but will now be transferred to Skype by 31 October.
Windows Live still had as many as 330 million users as recently as 2009.
But those numbers later declined, while users of Skype rose to nearly 300 million by 2012.
The service came to China in 2005, but later faced stiff competition from domestic rivals such as QQ messenger, built by Chinese firm Tencent.
MSN Messenger began as a simple text chat service in 1999, a rival to AOL’s AIM service and ICQ. It later added features such as photo delivery, video calls and games as the technology developed.
But Microsoft’s purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion in 2012 spelled the beginning of the end for the service.