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Microsoft unveils app gift cards Oct 19th 2013, 15:39, by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Microsoft last week said it will start selling gift cards good for purchases on its digital content market, taking a page out of Apple's iTunes playbook. Amazon.com listed digital cards Thursday in denominations of $15, $25, and $50, and said started taking orders Friday for delivery as soon as Monday. The cards have been in the wind for months. In May, The Verge noted that Microsoft would debut gift cards as replacements for the Xbox Points virtual currency. And in a blog last week, Microsoft mentioned gift cards in a long missive about changes to the Windows Store, the app distribution mart for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: windows_gift_card-100058706-small.jpg

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