Amazon will shutter its Appstore for the Android operating system, as well as its Coins program this week, the company said.

Amazon has launched its Amazon Coins, its own virtual currency for the Kindle Fire. Five dollars buys 500 Amazon coins.

All existing Amazon users now have 500 free coins, which carries a monetary value of $5.00. You can purchase more coins with various incremental values, and get discounts the more you spend.

When I heard about Amazon Coins, the company's virtual currency for making Kindle Fire app and in-app purchases starting in May, I immediately grew worried. Amazon's customer focus, something I ...

Amazon is celebrating Memorial Day by giving away 200 Amazon Coins with each free download of select Android apps. It appears that these apps are free outside of this promotion as well, but do not ...

Amazon.com is launching its new Amazon Coins virtual currency by giving away "tens of millions" of dollars' worth for free.

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 this morning rolled out its new Amazon Coins virtual currency for users of its Kindle Fire tablets — letting them use the coins to buy apps, games ...