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the time is near for Galaxy gear I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the Samsung Galaxy gear SmartWatch has been confirmed it's real and it will be shown off at an event in berlin on sep tember fourth Samsung's executive vice president of mobile spilled the news to the korea times but here's the thing it's called a concept device doesn't sound like it'll be ready for prime time this year but at least we can see with Samsung has in mind for wearable tech Samsung will also unveil the Galaxy Note 3 phablet at this same event and Samsung has something for the kiddies as well it just announced the galaxy tab 3 kids it's a tablet bill for children and it comes with pre-loaded educational apps games ebooks and safety controls for parents among the controls is the ability to set time limits for how long a child can use the tablet it'll have two cameras one in the front one on the back it comes with an easy-to-grip stylus pen and a stand to prop it up there are a number of android-based tablets designed for young children such as the MEAP by Oregon Scientific and toys r us has its own called the tabeo but this is the first time a major tablet maker is designed its own for children and it could be a big seller considering people trust the Samsung brand we don't have a release date or price but most kid tablets cost around 100 to 150 dollars Facebook has a new feature called shared albums it lets multiple people at photos to one single album it's sure to be helpful when you want one place to put all the photos from a group trip or an event like a wedding keep in mind that contributors to a shared album can only Deline edit their own photos that they uploaded and privacy settings offer the option to let it be private between those in the group viewable with friends of contributors or public this feature is slowly rolling out to all users there's more to see on Apple TV the Box can now stream music videos and concert performances from vevo Roku and Xbox Live already had the vevo app but Apple ups the ante with additional access to VEVO TV it's a broadcast style 24-7 channel apple also added the disney channel and disney XD which you can't watch unless you prove you have a cable TV subscription there's also on demand Clipse from The Weather Channel and the Smithsonian Channel and looking ahead the latest xbox one rumor is that the new system may launch november eighth that's a week before the PlayStation 4 the news comes from the blog kotaku which bases this on a date that was set in a meeting with Walmart employees but it's not confirmed yet by Microsoft that your tech news update for more details head to cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey