Windows in short: the need for applications

One more week we recover our compilation of news about the Windows universe and all other Microsoft products and services Because if any One of them that has been talked about in recent days is Surface, especially when the figure of income obtained from its sales is known. And while we wonder what a second generation Surface RT would be like, rumors about a possible Nokia tablet have also returned these days, including an event on the horizon.

The week, which has also left us the landing of Office 365 for Android in the United States, has had another of its protagonists on SkyDrive, either because of the statements of its development team or because soon we'll have to start calling it something else.News of all kinds that must be completed with a quick review of the rest of the news.

• We began these seven days with Nokia demanding more rhythm from Microsoft with Windows Phone, especially with the need to have applications in its mobile store .
• And the thing is that things like what happened with Instagram happen this week. The service deleted and blocked images uploaded from third-party applications such as existing ones for Windows Phone.
• Microsoft needs those apps on Windows 8/RT as well if it wants to grow its presence in the tablets space, where it barely seems to reach 5% market share.
• A good strategy could be to integrate all those applications on Xbox One, an option that could be there if we pay attention to the leaked files from a console game.
• Regarding Microsoft's next console, we have also learned that it is designed to last up to 10 years in a row, leaving behind old ghosts of red lights that devastated its predecessor.
• The week has also served as a time for the Outlook.com team to get their chests out with nearly 600 changes made to the service based on in user feedback during its first year of life.
• And to end with good news, Google has once again extended the synchronization of its contact and calendar services on Windows Phone until December 31 .

So far one more week. There is a month of August ahead, which will be the preview of a last four-month period full of news and probably the odd surprise. Here we will continue every Sunday collecting all the news that the universe Windows generates every week.