14 DAY TRIAL // As far as Microsoft’s reinvented search engine goes, Bing is capable of enabling users to make forward-fashion decisions, at least according to the company. The software giant did rebrand Bing as a decision engine, and since the service can help with queries of all types, why should fashion-related searches be an exception? The latest initiative from Microsoft is in fact designed to let users unleash their inner fashionista with Bing for a chance to win a Windows 7-powered HP Mini Vivienne Tam Netbook. All that customers need to do is sign up for the Win with Bing contest.
“This Sweepstakes is only open to legal residents residing in one (1) of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry,” Microsoft revealed. “(…) This Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time (‘PT’) on May 25, 2010, and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on July 5, 2010 (‘Promotion Period’). (…)To enter the Sweepstakes, visit www.finditwithbing.com (‘Website’), enter your Windows Live ID, complete the Official Online Entry Form, and read and accept the Official Rules and Microsoft’s Privacy Policy before 11:59 p.m. PT on July 5, 2010. If you do not have a Windows Live ID at time of entry, you will be prompted to register for a free, Windows Live account.”
Microsoft is also offering fashionistas two ways to increase their chances of winning one of the HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition series digital clutch netbooks that are up for grabs. Essentially, participants can gain additional entries into the contest through the Question of the Day Bonus Entry Opportunity and the Facebook Bonus Entry Opportunity. Microsoft will offer fashion-themed “Questions of the Day” via Twitter and allow users to answer through the site’s mechanism. In addition, users that click the “Like” link to “like” Microsoft Bing on Facebook will also gain an additional entry into the sweepstakes.
The Redmond company is offering “Six (6) Weekly Prizes (one (1) Weekly Prize awarded each week during the Promotion Period): One (1) HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition series digital clutch (digital clutch model, features, and all other aspects of the digital clutch are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor) with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) (software versions, options, and all other aspects of the software are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor). The Approximate Retail Value (‘ARV’) of each Weekly Prize is $599. The total ARV for all prizes awarded in this Sweepstakes is $3,594,” Microsoft stated.