Amazon has just announced a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon Appstore. The service will launch in May, at which point Amazon ...

Amazon's new virtual currency lets you buy apps and games on the Kindle Fire. May 13, 2013 — -- If you're a Kindle Fire owner, you've now got 500 free Amazon Coins in your pocket. Of course, that ...

That jingling sound you hear is the arrival of Amazon Coins for Kindle Fire users. Amazon on Monday announced that customers can use its new coins to purchase apps, games, and in-app items in the ...

Amazon sells its line of Kindle Fire tablets (roughly) at cost, betting that each owner will buy enough books, music, movies, and apps to make a tidy profit. With digital spending playing such a huge ...

Amazon has launched its own currency called Amazon Coins. It's currently only available in the States for Kindle Fire owners, but the Coins can be used to pay for games, apps and in-app purchases from ...

Donna Tam covers Amazon and other fun stuff for CNET News. She is a San Francisco native who enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail and reading her Kindle. Amazon's app store customers can ...

Kindle Fire owners (and there are a lot of them) will soon have a new way to buy things on Amazon's app store. "Amazon Coins" will be a penny each, and can be used to buy apps, games, subscriptions, ...

Amazon Coins, the virtual currency introduced by the e-commerce giant last spring, are now available on Android devices, including both smartphones and tablets, in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. This is ...

Amazon is excited about its virtual currency coming in May. But CNET News' Stephen Shankland is concerned about sacrificing the flexibility of real-world money and other potential pitfalls. Stephen ...

Those in the U.S., U.K., and Germany can now buy, spend, and earn Amazon Coins on their Android phones and tablets. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team ...

Retailer and tablet maker Amazon has launched its digital currency, Amazon Coins, in the UK. The coins can be spent on Amazon.co.uk and within the company’s range of tablet devices, with the aim being ...

Amazon's updated Appstore for Android shows that the company is trying to carve out a bigger slice of the mobile app market from rivals like Apple's App Store and Google Play, which have also ...