Bing Rewards Microsoft Points Have a Expiration Date?

The new Beta program has converted all Microsoft Points into Dollars. Apparently a new update is that the "promotional credits" have a 1 year expiration date as well. You can check the expiration date by signing into your account HERE. Some people have reported the points expiring after 1 week, so it is a good idea to double check your credit.

What is the difference between promotional and non-promotional balances?

From time to time and for marketing purposes, Microsoft may offer promotions that you can redeem to your Microsoft account, which add promotional balance to your account. A promotional gift card may require that you redeem the value listed on the card, or use any redeemed balance, by a certain date or within a certain time period. Please refer to any terms and conditions associated with the promotion in question for specific details or restrictions.
Any balance in your Microsoft account that has not been designated as promotional will not expire. However, if you do not use your account balance for a prolonged period of time, the law may require us to consider your account balance abandoned. In that case, and in some countries where the law requires it, we may be obligated to transfer any non-promotional balance in your account to the appropriate government authority and you will have to retrieve your funds from the relevant authority. We will try to reach you and give you adequate notice before transferring your account balance.
When using your account balance to make a purchase at a participating Microsoft store, Microsoft automatically uses any promotional value in your account balance before any other value stored in your account, and does so in the order of the promotional value scheduled to expire first.

Some Free Codes

For anyone who wants them here you go:

HuluPlus Month Trial
6VD5-9C43-V2DN
Hulu code must be entered on the Hulu website.


Wolverine claws avatar prop:
FFJM3-2JJVC-XJKQ2-WFGMG-QPQDZ

Bing T-Shirt codes:
PHT9P-KXR4Y-BB6BY-VFMPD-THT4T [Male]
VFH6P-9FJKK-KKP9G-H4DRH-WTCFM [Female]

Free Stuff on Xbox 360!

Full Games

Age of Empires Online (Games for Windows - Live)

Aegis Wing

Doritos Crash Course

Doritos Crash Course 2

Harm's Way

Hexic HD

Tinker (Games for Windows - Live)

Intel Discovered

Happy Wars

Microsoft Flight (Games for Windows - Live)

TotemBall

Avatar Props

Bing T-Shirt

PHT9P-KXR4Y-BB6BY-VFMPD-THT4T [Male]

VFH6P-9FJKK-KKP9G-H4DRH-WTCFM [Female]

Themes

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Villains Theme Pack (Gold Exclusive)
Call of Duty: Black OPs Worldwide Premiere Theme
Castle Crashers - Theme Pack 1
Charlie Oscar Delta Theme Pack
Champions of Gaming Theme
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex Theme
Crimson Skies: Road to Revenge Theme
Fable Theme
Forza 4 BMW M5 Theme
Fuzion Frenzy Theme
Gears of War Multiplayer Map Pack 1 Theme
GTA IV Theme 1
Halo Theme
Kinect Premium Theme
Psychonauts Theme
Rare Theme

Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex Theme
Ford Rally Black Theme
Glory Daze - Theme Pack
MAZDA2
Myfuture.com
Reese's Halloween Contest Theme
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Theme
Shaun White Snowboarding Theme
The Big Bang Theory
US Air Force Theme Pack
Verizon Alan Wake Theme
Wendy's - It Happened FOR REAL Theme Pack

My Amazon Guide - Listia & Bing Update

As part of my Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month, I have a section for Listia & Bing. I recently saw an on going trend that you can take advatage of.

The Basic rule is 1000 points = $1 (Amazon credit), This is a constant rate because Listia sells Amazon credit in its rewards store at this rate. However they do sell very fast, so you have to watch for it.

Okay, onto the trend. I have noticed 100 point Microsoft point codes going for 2,000+, there is a couple of variables. If you are new and have no feedback and havnt been verified, then do not expect your auction to go for this high. Bing currently has 100msp codes on sale this week for 100 reward points instead of the usual 125. Normally I say get the $5 Amazon card for 475 points but with this conversion based on the current trend you are getting more bang for your buck selling the Microsoft Points.

Current selling Value:
100msp = ~2000 credits = $2 Amazon credit which means you can double your Amazon credit

If you have any questions Email me or comment below.

My Amazon Guide **Update**

A quick update about my Amazon gift card Guide.
Today in the mail I received a $10 Amazon gift card from Celebrity Squares, along with cashing Appredeem for an additional $2. Last week I also cashed out my Bing accounts for $20 in Amazon credit as well.

I got 2 emails confirming shipments from Predicto and GuessSMS for a total of $20 Amazon credit.

Details on how to get these free are in my post on My Amazon Credit Guide - How I Get $180-$240 per Month Free! 

New Xbox 360 dashboard update starts rolling out today

Many of you have been involved in the 2012 Xbox LIVE Update Public Beta and have been busy getting an early look at the latest Xbox LIVE features. Today we’re starting to roll out the official release of the update to Xbox LIVE subscribers around the world. To ensure a stable release, this will be a gradual deployment across subscribers and regions over the course of the next week. Our initial deployment will reach approximately three million consoles worldwide, with additional users being updated over the course of a couple weeks. Don’t panic if you don’t see an immediate update, just keep checking back in.
In this update, you will see the following features.

• Refreshed Xbox 360 Dashboard. We’ve updated the UI with a few things, including an updated layout with more tiles, a combined TV & Movies channel and, in the US, a Sports destination.
• Internet Explorer for Xbox. With Internet Explorer on Xbox, you can easily find and view internet content on the biggest screen in the house, including HTML5 videos.
• Recommendations and Ratings. Recommendations will allow you to discover new favorites, generated based on a number of variables including the content you previously viewed, what your friends are consuming and what is most relevant and popular with our Xbox community. You can now rate content yourself and also see Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
• Pinning. Pinning lets you personalize the dashboard by saving your favorite movies, TV shows, games, music, videos and websites right to the home screen. It’s as easy as opening an app or a favorite movie and clicking “pin.”
• Xbox Video. Formerly called Zune Video Marketplace, Xbox Video offers hundreds of thousands of TV shows and movies for buying or renting in instant HD streaming.
• Recent. Previously called Quick Play, the Recent view gives you a list of movies, games, apps or other types of content that you most recently accessed on the console.
• Enhanced Search. The last Xbox LIVE update brought Bing voice search to Xbox so you could use voice to search for movies, TV shows, actors, directors and artists. This year we added genre search to the list, so now you can search for action, comedy, romance, drama or sci-fi. Bing voice search now includes results for video across the Web, including YouTube.
• International Expansion of Voice Search. We’ve expanded our Kinect voice search capabilities to 9 new countries – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Ireland.

What about Xbox SmartGlass? That’s coming too, but not until Windows 8 launches on October 26th. When the Xbox SmartGlass app launches on tablets, PCs and smartphones, it will include key foundational experiences for interacting with your Xbox 360, such as dashboard and app navigation and Internet Explorer control, like text input, scrolling and pinch and zoom.
Yesterday, we shared all the details about Xbox Music, our brand new digital music service. Xbox Music begins rolling out today on Xbox 360, it will launch with free streaming on all Windows 8 PCs and tablets on October 26th and Windows Phone 8 as devices arrive in market. Xbox Music combines all the different ways people love to enjoy music, creating the ultimate all-in-one music service.

Credit to Major Nelson

Amazon Gift Cards using "My Amazon Credit Guide" **Update**

I found another way to save credits on Bing which is part of  "My Amazon Credit Guide"
This isnt much but it will save you 5 credits when purchasing a $5 Amazon gift card.

Instead of purchasing the $5 Amazon cadr instead opt for the $5 Tango card. The Tango car is 5 points cheaper. You can then go to the Tango website and use the $5 card to purchase a $5 Amazon card among other gift cards not offered my Bing.

For full details on how to get free Amazon gift cards, read my post
My Amazon Credit Guide - How I Get $180-$240 per Month Free! 

Amazon Gift Cards using "My Amazon Credit Guide" **Update**

This is my tally for 8/28-9/5
Over the holiday weekend I got another $10 Amazon Gift card from TvTxTr. I also got $36 credit from Listia as well as $7.50 from Bing. I am waiting on delivery of another $15 Amazon card from Listia which hopefully I will be receiving today. This tallys up to my 7 day total $68.50

So far I have been making over $300 a month which my guide is only stated to generate $180-$240, if this keeps up I am going to have to rename my guide :)

Details on how to get these free are in my post on My Amazon Credit Guide - How I Get $180-$240 per Month Free! 

Part of my "Amazon Gift Card Guide" post I tell you how to use Bing to get free gift cards. Bing has Dropped the price of a 1 month xbox live membership to 679/699! not a bad deal if you need a gold subscription.

Got More Free Amazon Gift Cards using "My Amazon Credit Guide"

This is my tally for 8/20-8/27
Over the weekend I got another $10 Amazon Gift card from Celebrity Squares. I also got $33 credit from Listia as well as $15 from Bing. Received $12.10 from Amazon for advertising, making my 7 day total $70.10

Details on how to get these free are in my post on My Amazon Credit Guide - How I Get $180-$240 per Month Free! 

Kinect Fun Labs **Update** 14 Free Kinect Games

Mars Rover Landing has been added to Kinect Fun Labs making it the 14th FREE game offers by Xbox.

Instructions on how to download all 14 games

From the game market place on your xbox console download Kinect Fun Labs, if you cant find it in the marketplace say “Xbox Bing Kinect Fun Labs” into your kinect and it will find it for you.
After it is downloaded, open the game and download the following games:

Battle Stuff

Air Band

Avatar Kinect

Mutation Station

Kinect Me

Build a Buddy

Bobble Heads

Googly Eyes

Musical Feet

I Am Super!

Junk-Fu

Kinect Rush: Snap Shot

5 Micro Lab Challenge

Mars Rover Landing

Now you have 14 Free Kinect Games! :)

My Amazon Credit Guide - How I Get $200+ per Month Free!

You asked for it so here is is…A full list of ways I get Free Amazon.com Credit FREE.

I get $45-$60 of free credit per week, which works out to $180-$240 per month.

Listia ($80-$120 Amazon credit per month)

This is an auction site like e-Bay, only difference is everything is 100% free! If you list something it has to be 100% free and anything you win has to be 100% free.

You can get free credits by selling stuff, which I sell a lot of free codes I get online, or you can try out the offers. (Ex: Netflix is worth 10,000 credits)

I currently get $20-$30 amazon credit from this site every week. Prices have seemed to have jumped since I first joined a couple months back. $1 amazon credit is going for ~1,000 credits. I save up for the larger auctions now and get a $5-$20 cards for ~800 points per $1.

You get 500 points free at sign up CLICK HERE if nothing else you can get some cheap xbox live avatar codes.

See my other posts on Listia HERE

Swagbucks ($20 Amazon credit per month)

Sign up Here: SWAGBUCKS
I get about 100-125 swag bucks a day for free for just doing searches, daily polls and watching Swagbucks TV (see links below)
**A $5 amazon.com Gift Card is 450sb with a limit of 4or5 per month. This works out to $.011 per SB (takes 10 days for delivery)

**A $25 Amazon.com Gift Card is 3,150sb. This works out to .007 per SB
**So it is better to buy the one of the $5 cards instead of saving up for the $25

Get 80 Swagbucks guaranteed everyday by Doing these:
1 Swagbuck a day for voting in the daily poll (just click and vote, takes 5 seconds) CLICK HERE
1 for looking at the surveys (just open the page and you get 1 Swagbuck) CLICK HERE
1 Swagbuck for having the toolbar installed (should give it to you when you start up your browser) CLICK HERE
2 Swagbucks for the No Obligation Special Offers (just click NEXT OFFER or SKIP 4-5 times and get 2sb) CLICK HERE
75 Swagbucks for watching Swagbucks TV (every 10 videos you watch you get 3sb up to 75sb per day) CLICK HERE

1 Swagbuck for referring friends, you get 1sb per day. Just Email 1 person a day and get a bonus sb. Don’t email everyone at once or you will only get 1sb for it, save them for another day. CLICK HERE
Use SwagCodes for extra Swagbucks, there are many sites dedicated to posting or helping you find the posted codes. I use SwagCodeSpoilers & EZswag

More ways of earning:
Offers: You can also do offers. CLICK HERE
Daily Deals CLICK HERE
Surveys: Not really worth your time. CLICK HERE
Games: I don’t have time to play CLICK HERE

Referring Friends, get up to 500sb matched points

Mpoints ($5-$10 Amazon credit per month)

Mpoints is a reward program built into iOs & Andiod apps, if you use a particular app you get points. You get daily points for simply opening the app. You also have options to view ads for bonus points. You can cash out  for amazon and many other options. You gain points fast and cash out is 1000 points for $1 Amazon Credit. You should be able to get 300-400 points per day with little effort. See the full list of apps the use Mpoints HERE

Bing Rewards ($40-$50 Amazon credit per month)

You get credits for doing daily searches and clicking on the daily offers. You get anywhere from 16-43 credits per day depending on the current offer.
You can cash in for a $2.50 Amazon card for 250/275 points and 450/475 points for $5 (silver/gold price)

You are allowed 5 Bing accounts per household. I use all 5 to get $40-$50 Amazon credit per month.
If you haven't signed up yet CLICK HERE to sign up and read my post HERE

See my other posts on Bing Rewards HERE

App Trailers ($5 Amazon credit per month)

Get points for watching videos. Cash in 1000 credits for $1 Amazon Credit (this credit is shared with app trailers see below)

You get points for watching videos. Videos are 10-25 points each
1. Download the App HERE (for iTunes) or HERE (for Android )
 2. Register your device and confirm the email
3. Watch the video
4. Your credit will be deposited, you can redeem for gift cards
amazon.com credit is a min of 1000 ($1.00)
5. Use code "decrepital3" and get an extra 250-1000 credits

See my other posts on App Trailers HERE

App Redeem ($5 Amazon credit per month)

Get points for trying free apps. Cash in 1000 credits for $1 Amazon Credit. (this credit is shared with app trailers see above)

You get points for Downloading free apps. Apps pay 1000-100 each
1. First from your iPod/iPhone/iPad/Android Phone/Tablet go HERE (for iTunes) or HERE (for Android)
2. Register your device and confirm the email
3. Select the free app from app redeem and it will direct you to iTunes or the android market place and download the app and install
4. open the app and give it a try
5. go back to app redeem and it will ask you to rate the app on a 1-5 star rating
6. You credit will be deposited, you can redeem for amazon credit (min Amazon is $1.00 for 1000 credits)
7. Use code "decrepital3" and get an extra 50-250 credits

See my other posts on App Redeem HERE

Bing Rewards Update

I have been steadily redeeming the $2.50 Amazon card for 250 points from Bing Rewards.
The cards are reduced from 275 to 250 when you reach gold status which takes about 1 1/2 weeks.
I have 5 bing accounts on 5 different computers and between them all I cash out $5.00 per week in amazon credit.
If you haven't signed up yet CLICK HERE to sign up and read my post HERE

For auto searches use this site HERE

Rumor: Kinect-enabled Internet Explorer browser coming to Xbox 360

Good news: the Xbox 360 will finally have a web browser in the near future, according to a Verge source. Bad news: It's Internet Explorer. The source tells The Verge that the new web browser is based on Internet Explorer 9, and features Kinect functionality, allowing users to search with voice input just like the Bing search tech used in the current dashboard. Users will also be able to browse the web without talking to it, reportedly.

Source: The Tech Game

Bing Rewards Changes

If you have signed into bing rewards you may have noticed a slight change. They now have tiered membership levels, with bronze being the bottom tier, silver and gold in respective order. here is what you get in each tier:

So once you get gold you can get 5-10% off rewards. This just make free even better. 
If you havnt signed up yet, it is free CLICK HERE and read this post HERE

Bing Rewards Discovery

Hopefully everyone is taking advatage of the Bing Rewards. you are allowed 5 accounts per house hold and since I have 5 computers at home I have 5 accounts, each account gets me a little over $5 per month Amazon.com credit. If you are not signed up yet read HERE.

A couple months back I had posted about the "discover" section that has a bonus 80 credits, I check the section today and there was another list of bonuses, I was able to get a bonus 20 points. To get to the Discover section CLICK HERE or go to the top right og bing and select the down arrow next to your credit, on the bottom of the drop down there will be a "discover" link.

Bing Rewards Update

Have you been keeping up with Bing Rewards? I have been using bing rewards on my work Pc and Home Pc to get double rewards. If you havnt signed up yet read THIS POST

Bing Rewards Update

Bing Rewards has added a $2.50 Amazon card for 275 points which is a bit more that the $5 amazon card card for 525 points, but if you cant wait (like me) snag the $2.50 card
If you haven't signed up yet CLICK HERE to sign up and read my post HERE

100 Microsoft Points On Sale On Bing Rewards

The Price for 100 Microsoft Points is being lowered this week from 150 to 125! This is a great deal. If you use Bing Rewards for free Microsoft Points then it is time to cash out.

If you haven't signed up yet CLICK HERE to sign up and read my post HERE

A Letter from Marc Whitten: A New Xbox 360 Experience

The following is a letter from CVP of Xbox LIVE Marc Whitten

Dear Xbox LIVE Members,
Today, we’re launching a new Xbox 360 experience that connects you with your favorite entertainment and games like never before and makes finding and enjoying entertainment as simple as it should be.
It’s a vision we shared at E3 and I’d like to thank you for all of your valuable feedback along this incredible ride and share a little more about what we have in store this holiday – from Beacons, cloud storage and Facebook sharing, to our latest entertainment offerings.
Building upon our great lineup of partners, we’ve teamed up with nearly 40 of the world’s leading TV & entertainment providers to bring you an array of live and on-demand TV, movies, games, sports and music experiences. The first wave of new partners rolls out today with experiences like EPIX and TODAY (MSNBC) in the US, LOVEFiLM in the UK, Sky Go in Germany, Premium Play by (MediaSet) in Italy and Telefonica España – Movistar Imagenio in Spain. And we’ll continue to roll out more entertainment content to Xbox LIVE in the coming months.
Beyond entertainment, you’ll find a number of features designed to make your Xbox experience more personal, social and effortless. The dashboard has an entirely new look and feel and a completely reimagined interface that makes your entertainment accessible through simple voice commands. Now, using voice search with Bing on Xbox, you can find and play the programming you want across multiple entertainment providers without having to search for a remote control. In the mood for ‘The Office?’ Just say “Xbox, Bing, ‘The Office,’” and Xbox will display all episodes available from various entertainment apps across the console.
We’re also bringing you Beacons and Facebook sharing, further integrating social into your Xbox experience. Before jumping into an episode of ‘The Office,’ you can activate a Beacon to let your friends know that you want to play, say, “Gears of War 3.” Then, sit back and relax with the Dunder Mifflin crew. The Beacon will let you know when a LIVE friend is available for a round of Horde in Gears. After the game, use Facebook Sharing to tout your achievements and showcase your in-game accomplishments through direct posts.
While we’re proud of our capability to connect you remotely to the global community of more than 35 million Xbox LIVE members, sometimes there’s nothing like being with your friends and family. And so we’ve added cloud storage so you can access game saves and your LIVE profile, including achievements, from your friends’ consoles as well.
Lastly, with the ever-expanding library of content available, we realize Xbox is enjoyed by all members of the family. Rest assured that our parental controls have improved in parallel with this new content. Parents can manage their child’s console activity, sharing on social networking sites as well as regulate access to games, movies, television, and music. Additionally, the update brings enhanced navigation to Xbox 360 Family Settings to better integrate with Kinect.
We strive to continually innovate and bring meaningful experiences to each and every member of the Xbox LIVE community. Currently, our community is already enjoying 2.1 billion hours of entertainment each month. We imagine this number will only continue to grow as you discover enhanced entertainment on Xbox this holiday that is instantly searchable, easily discoverable and enjoyable in extraordinary new ways. We hope you enjoy this new chapter in the evolution of Xbox and continue to push us to write the next.
See you on LIVE,
Marc Whitten
Gamertag – Notwen