Disclosure: I'm interning in the Bing team at MS but my statements here are mine only and do not reflect that of Microsoft. I don't see how this indicates that

Disclosure: I'm interning in the Bing team at MS but my statements here are mine only and do not reflect that of Microsoft. I don't see how this indicates that they've given up on Bing. They're spending a lot of money on the online services team, even making a loss for the past several quarters to improve Bing. They're playing the catchup game, so this is a quick and easy way to stay competitive while they get their algorithms up to scratch. It's better than the alternative of loosing all their customers/market share and then have no data to help them improve. I see this more as a compliment to Google, even though Google certainly doesn't see it that way, and I can definitely understand their frustration.