Microsoft disbands Band band – and there'll be no version 3

Redmond snuffs out its only promising wearable

"Devices come and go," mused Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella this March, discussing the wearables market. Now Nadella can notch up another hardware kill. Microsoft, the only enterprise vendor with a wearable platform, has confirmed it has no plans to launch a third version of its activity wearable, the Microsoft Band."