Windows for short: Microsoft Band is back

Week of the new year, so much so that we don't know if it counts as the first of 2015 or the last of 2014. What we do know is that the technological news doesn't even stop at the end of the year. Especially when the CES show is already starting its engines in Las Vegas. Our colleagues from Xataka have traveled there to tell us all the news, among which there is likely to be more than one that affects the Windows universe in the form of new hardware for the system.

But before we start talking about what next week will give of itself, let's close the current one properly.Precisely, since we are talking about closing, that is what Uber has done in Spain after the cessation order issued at the beginning of the month by a Madrid judge. The company is not the only one facing difficulties with Spanish legislation, just take a look at the list of websites that have been forced to modify their operation with the arrival of the new LPI Those of us who don't close are us, who one more Sunday bring the compilation of news about the Windows universe that were left unanswered during the week.

• At the start of the year Microsoft had problems with several of its services, the most affected being Bing. Browser was offline for a short time this Friday due to a bad code update.
• One of the services affected by that Bing crash was precisely Cortana. They wrote about the assistant this week in WinBeta exploring its more than likely arrival on Xbox One, and even on iOS and Android.
• But Microsoft's proposal for the internet of things may be interesting. Something I'd be working on judging by information gleaned from company job postings.
• The new technological hype that is already a reality in the Windows universe is that of wearables. The Microsoft Band will be an experiment, but just in case it's already back on sale in some US stores.
• Anyway, the Microsoft products that are going to grab the spotlight over the next few weeks are their operating systems. Although we still don't have more news about its next versions, it is worth noting as the image of the week the concept of Windows Phone 10 (or Windows 10 for mobile) shared on Behance by Ghani Pradita.