Windows in short: changes in Redmond

We were already warned that the last four months of 2014 could be quite an earthquake in the technology sector. This week Apple has once again tried to grab the spotlight with its new iPhones, but the rest of the companies are not willing to leave the stage free. Not even Microsoft, which has taken advantage of these days to send invitations to its next event on September 30about the future version of Windows.

But there is more, and that is that there have been several companies that have tried to gain a foothold in the headlines this week.There it was Amazon introducing new Kindle family tablets and readers; or its Chinese rival, Alibaba, with its spectacular IPO. In Spain the news of the week has been in the offer with which Orange intends to buy Jazztel And meanwhile, to the news that we have published about the Windows universe there is many others that we add here.

• We start with some bad news related to the event on September 30, and it is likely that there will not be a live broadcast of it.
• The second round of the 18,000 layoffs announced by Microsoft a couple of months ago took place this week, taking away the Microsoft Research lab in Silicon Valley.
• Meanwhile Microsoft's Board of Directors has changed two of its members, adding Teri List-Stoll, Executive Vice President and CFO of Kraft Foods Group Inc., and Charles W. Scharf, CEO of Visa Inc.
• Flipboard could be coming to Windows Phone soon, and the clue is given by its brief appearance in the Windows Phone Store earlier this week.
• These days we have also had updates to Xbox Music on Windows Phone, although without major changes in sight.
• Microsoft has decided to delay the launch of Xbox One in China, scheduled for next week, until a date yet to be determined.

While we may have missed a few, this short list completes our seven-day news cycle. From now on, there is a last quarter of the year ahead that should give a lot to talk about. At Xataka Windows we will try not to miss a detail, either with the daily news or with this weekly summary of Windows in short.

Image | Microsoft Redmond Campus