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The Microsoft Points system was criticized for being deceptive in terms of actual real-world cost, as well as for users often having to purchase more points at once than those they immediately needed. In his review of the Zune, Paul Thurrott argued that "a song on Zune typically costs 79 Microsoft Points, which, yes, is about 99 cents. But it ...
The Microsoft Points system previously required to purchase content was criticized for being deceptive in terms of actual real-world cost, as well as for users often having to purchase more points at once than are immediately needed (in North America, users could only purchase points in increments of 400, costing around $5).
In October 2011, users of Xbox Live reported having unauthorized access to their Xbox Live accounts, with Microsoft points subsequently being used and/or bought to purchase various in-game items for FIFA 12. Microsoft responded to such incidents by restricting access to the account for 25 days while the fraud team investigated.
You can earn points with Microsoft Rewards for using Bing’s AI search engine, so you’re getting paid to browse. You can redeem these Microsoft points for gift cards at retailers like Amazon.
In some ways, 2012 has been quite a historic year for Microsoft . In other ways, this year may also prove to be an important inflection point for the software giant as it embarks upon a ...
A year ago, Microsoft didn’t mention Bing once on its earnings call. The search engine hasn’t been a big growth driver for Microsoft in the past. ... who has a Sell rating on Microsoft, points ...
Microsoft profits were $5.2 billion, while Apple Inc. profits were $6 billion, on revenues of $14.5 billion and $24.7 billion respectively. [207] Microsoft's Online Services Division has been continuously loss-making since 2006 and in Q1 2011 it lost $726 million. This follows a loss of $2.5 billion for the year 2010. [208]
But the mother of all end-of-year market chaos moments happened in a 10-day stretch to end 2018, when the Dow sank 4,000 points before staging one of the best days on record — a 1,086-point gain ...