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Microsoft to reward schools with free Surface RT tablets for using Bing search

08/21/2013 at 10:10 AM by Brad Linder 8 Comments

Microsoft’s got a search engine called Bing. You may not have heard of it, since Google gets most of the attention in the search market. But Microsoft would really like to get a few more people using Bing — and the company’s willing to give away free hardware and even forego some profit in order to do it.

The company has unveiled a new service called Bing for Schools which is an ad-free version of Bing which features automatic privacy protection and adult content filtering. Schools that sign up for the program can let kids using computers in class search the web without seeing ads or inappropriate content on the search results page.

Microsoft is also launching a program that lets schools earn free Surface RT tablets.

Microsoft Surface RT

While the Surface RT isn’t exactly the most useful general-purpose tablet on the market, it does run Microsoft Office, have a decent web browser, and support for some third-party apps. It’s also not a bad choice for use in classrooms thanks to the optional keyboard cases which make typing easy on the tablets.

In order to earn tablets, schools will need to get people to use the Bing search engine, sign up for Bing Rewards, and use their credit toward donating Surface RT tablets to a school. It takes 30,000 credits to earn a tablet, which means that if you get about 60 parents, teachers, or other folks to use Bing Rewards, your school can earn a Surface RT tablet per month.

Microsoft’s Bing Rewards program isn’t just for altruistic types. You can also earn credits to buy gift cards for Amazon, Starbucks, Hulu Plus, and other goods and services.

Overall, Microsoft’s new programs make it easier for schools to get technology into the hands of kids, and provide a slightly safer search experience — although the emphasis on the ad-free experience in Bing for Schools seems a bit silly. While there may be no ads on the search results pages kids see, I suspect that unless all the results point to Wikipedia, students will be confronted with plenty of ads once they click on any search results.

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Sad the chromecast I ordered 2 weeks ago isn’t showing delivery until november.

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crap wropng story.

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Heh… I wondered about that. 🙂 I can delete this thread.

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After recent news, this could put another meaning on “class action”…

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“Reward” hmm? Well, cheaper than paying for toxic waste dumping and Microsoft still gets a big tax writeoff either way. So who pays for Microsoft’s mistake? Why, the little taxpayer of course!

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Free tablets? Hell yeaaawait a minute! Do you mean Surface RTs? Oh, okay. In this case thanks for the offer, but no.

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I guess the kids have to be taught what not to use with something… Why not a pile of stuff that no one else wants??

Way to foist, MS.
WAY to foist.

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Perhaps this one way to get people to use Bing over other search engines and a way to get the RT Tablet out of warehouses where are just sitting gathering dust (from what I heard, they are not selling well).

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