Microsoft is discontinuing its Bing Cashback plan — via which the company paid consumers to use its Bing search engine to shop — as of July 30.Microsoft officials admit that Cashback never really took hold. From a blog post on June 4 on the Bing Community blog:“Why are we doing this? When we originally began to offer the cashback feature, it was designed to help advertisers reach you with compelling offers,
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