Today marks the official launch of Amazon Coins, a new virtual currency used to buy games, apps, and make in-app purchases. And to help get Coins off the ground, Amazon is gifting every Kindle Fire ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said it will jump into the digital-currency market with Amazon Coins, a payment product it will roll out in May on for its popular tablet, the Kindle Fire. Users of the ...

No matter your personal preference, there's no denying that money has gone increasingly digital in the past decade. If you're an avid gamer or you make a lot of in-app purchases, you may have heard of ...

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A little more than a year after Amazon first announced Amazon Coins, the e-commerce giant has revealed that the virtual currency can now be used on any Android device. Amazon Coins launched for Kindle ...

Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans for Amazon Coins, a virtual currency for its Kindle Fire tablet. Amazon.com will launch the currency in May, at which time it plans to give its customers "tens of ...

Despite the failures of Facebook Credits, Microsoft Points, and the dot-com virtual currency Flooz, Amazon has decided to mint its own money. The ecommerce giant announced today that customers will ...

Amazon is trying its hand at a virtual currency, a realm that other tech companies have ventured into before -- and failed. Coins don't make cents First, let's talk about what these coins are and why ...