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Microsoft cans Bing bung

Microsoft cans Bing bung

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Microsoft is to cancel its Bing Cashback programme. The attempt to woo searchers away from Google by offering cash incentives to buy through Bing is two years old but won't get any older. From July 30 there will be no more cash on offer, Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president for the online audience business group at Microsoft, confirmed in a blog post. Cashback customers will still have a year to redeem any credit they earned, and Microsoft said it will also provide 12...



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