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. When I ...

Amazon’s got a new way to buy stuff for anyone who has a Kindle Fire. Amazon Coins are a virtual currency that will come out in May, and work for all app and in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire. The ...

“Starting Aug. 20, 2025, you will no longer have access to the Amazon Appstore on your Android device,” the company said on an FAQ page on its website. “We will also be discontinuing the Amazon Coins ...

calls them “Coins” – the company’s name for virtual currency that U.S. customers can use in its Amazon Appstore. Coins, which will launch in May, are for users of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets. The ...

So what exactly are Amazon Coins? Well, it’s Amazon’s own virtual currency system used to purchase things like apps and games on their line of Amazon Kindle Fire devices, which run a forked version of ...

There is no better sales incentive than free money. It’s just a pity that Amazon’s new virtual currency, Amazon Coins, are not a particularly useful sales incentive. The company unveiled Amazon Coins ...

Amazon.com's virtual currency Amazon Coins, which launched today, has the potential to become a successful alternative to card payments — if the currency expands beyond digital app purchases.

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, ...

Earlier this year, Amazon announced a new virtual currency system for its Kindle Fire dubbed Amazon Coins that could be used to purchase new apps and games from Amaon's Appstore. The system is now ...

Amazon extended the use of its Coins virtual currency to all Android devices in the US, UK and Germany. Until now Amazon Coins could only be used on Amazon’s range of Kindle Fire tablets. Users with ...

Amazon’s virtual currency “Amazon coins” are now live on the Kindle Fire. The company introduced the concept of coins, a currency that lets users buy apps, games and make in-app purchases on the ...