Chrome Beta has just received a notable update that changes many of the usage and gesture paradigms in the browser. Most notable are the new ways to switch tabs — a swipe down on the toolbar expands the tab switcher (previously only revealed with a tap of the tab button), and swipe left or right along the toolbar to switch between open tabs. This is a far more intuitive way to manage your tabs, and completely prevents accidental tab switching when scrolling pages.

For navigating the Chrome Beta menu, you can now tap the overflow menu button and keep your finger pressed, sliding down the menu options and releasing your finger on the one you'd like to select. Google has also implemented a new one-finger zooming paradigm that is most memorable from Google Maps — double tap the screen and hold the second tap to either slide up or down to zoom in or out on the page.

Other notable features in this release include universal image search (long press any image and you'll have to option to search Google by that image), access to device motion for developers and more media and graphics API support. If you're willing to put up with frequent changes and some instability and exchange for the latest features, you can grab a download of the latest Chrome Beta at the Play Store link below.

On Android Market, Apple iTunes and other Mobile Apps platform, there are huge list of apps available that lets you to earn by using them. You can earn rewards, credit/debit card points, redeemables, gift cards etc.

But, to earn from these apps, you need to do real hard work and complete certain tasks like run to grocery store, take photos, videos, talk to people, watching trailer etc.

What if you will not have to do all these boring tasks and still earn quite descent money ? Sounds interesting?

Then, you should check this list of 10 Smartphone Apps that wil earn you real hard money, gift card and redeemables.

1. CheckPoints

  

The app lets you to earn reward points by just scanning bar codes of specific products from selected shops. When you redeemed enough points for gift cards/prizes by scanning specific amount of products, you can get them. You can also earn by recommending this app to your friends.

To get started, just download the free app on your Android Phone or iPhone. Switch it on whenever you go for shopping. Some big companies that participates here are : Amazon, American Airlines, Bath, Body Works, Home Depot etc.

 

 

                     

 

2. App Trailers

App Trailers is an Pay Per Install App that is available for iOS and Android Devices. Preview trailers about apps, suggest App Developers that what they needs to complete the trailer by sharing your honest opinion.

Upon watching trailer, you will get half a cent and you can get paid up to a dollar for trying out a demo (for an app). You can also use your referral code to earn points.

 

 

                    

3. Field Agent

Field Agent is an iOS App to earn money. You need to come out at field and perform some tasks. You will get the instruction of where to go and what to do. The job is First Come First Serve Based and must completes in 2 hours.

For completing each job successfully, you will get $2 to $12.

  

 

4. ThumbSpeak

ThumbSpeak iOS App lets you earn without going anywhere. Task is very simple. You just need to answer questions in polls and surveys. The app will pay you for your opinion via PayPal or cash in Gift Cards.

 

 

 

5. IconZoomer

IconZoomer is available for Android and iOS. Take photos of your lunch, your drink, your pet, you will get paid on each snap which is given as task to you.

You will either gets paid via PayPal or get free merchandize. If you wants, you can also donate to charity via Unicef.

 

                         

6. Mobile Rewards

Download the app, sign up for their free service. You can earn money by watching a YouTube video, sharing a product on your Facebook Wall. You will earn credits that can be redeemed via PayPal.

You can also earn by referring the app to your friend. On each sign-up from your referral link, you will get 100 points and also 10% of the referred person’s earning.

 7. EasyShift

A powerful app for companies to check their product’s price charging by re-sellers on customers and for we people (common users), the app is an easy way to earn hard cash while eating, shopping and exploring the city. On completing several tasks, you will be promoted to higher paying levels.

Payments can be processed within 48 hours and you will get paid via PayPal.

  

 

8. Get Paid To Play !

What About The Name ? Sounds Interesting ? Yeah, It is.

The app serves you one of the easiest way to earn money from smartphone. They will show you offers to download free apps or register to cool sites or even watch video ads and you will get paid for doing so!

You can earn money by Watching Video Ads, Downloading Free Apps, Registering for Free Sites and also for Downloading Paid Apps or registering Paid Websites. Payment will be processed via PayPal.

  

                     

        

9. JunoWallet

Available for lots of mobile and desktop platform, JunoWallet lets you earn JunoCredits by Playing Games, Watching Videos, Doing Surveys, Making Calls Inviting Friends (3 Level Rewards), and in many more different ways.

You can then use JunoCredits to get Gift cards of Google Play, Amazon, iTunes, XBox, Playstation, eBay and many other firm.

   

                          

10. GymPact

The App rewards you to motivate gym, homeand RunKeeper workouts. Exercise at the gym and earn money. Seriously! Once you’ve made a week-long pact on GymPact, you get paid for every day you go, and you have to pay for every day you skip.

You’re getting $0.50 to $0.75 per workout which must lasts a minimum of 30 minutes.

  

 

Asphalt 8: Airborne was due to be released back on Aug. 8. Obviously that didn't happen, however there's now a new release date on the cards — next Thursday, Aug 22.

But if you can't wait that long, Gameloft is giving away a pre-launch code to one lucky winner, who'll be able to play the game before anyone else. To enter, you'll need to subscribe to the developer's YouTube channel and fill out the form on its website.

Asphalt 8 is one of the new Android titles optimized for OpenGL ES 3.0, the new 3D graphics standard included in Android 4.3. The title promises 180 events, 47 licensed cars and social integration, including  Facebook support.

Google recently released a device tracker that allows you ring your device, see your device’s location or completely wiped the device, all from a web interface. It is without doubt an awesome feature that will help with the recovery of your lost phone. But according to the folks at CyanogenMod, it’s simply not secure enough. See, if Google’s servers were compromised (by a hacker, or even the government), everyone would suddenly be traceable. The info is sent to Google’s servers, and it can be used by someone else.

CyanogenMod’s upcoming service is a bit different. Instead of sending the information through the server, your browser instead sends a public key. The phone authenticates the public key and sends an encrypted key back. The server cannot decrypt this key; only the browser can. This establishes a secure connection that cannot be decrypted on the server side, even if someone manages to get hold of that data. Using this connection, you can track or wipe your device.

It isn’t a foolproof service. If the server was compromised and you entered your password, you would become traceable. However, that would make one user traceable, instead of all users at once. It’s not perfect, but it’s far better than Google’s service.

The service is not out yet, but will be eventually. The source code has been fully published, and the CyanogenMod devs encourage people to check the security and safety of the service. Remember, services like this are improved with the help of the users.

Dedicated mobile gaming devices have been on the decline, and we all know that. The new gaming giant is Apple, with more than double the consumer spending on games than the gaming optimized handhelds as a whole. However, for the first time, Google Play has surpassed the Nintendo 3DS and Sony Playstation Vita in game sales.

You may be thinking, “Well of course Google Play has more consumer spending on games; they have far more devices!” You are absolutely correct. There are 1.25 billion smartphones and 180 million tablets in this world (of which only a fraction are Google Play enabled), and only around 200 million handheld consoles. But consider this: a majority of smartphone games are free to play, and ad revenue doesn’t count. The rest of the games are cheap. Almost all games are under $5. Handheld console games are much more expensive, added more per unit to consumer spending totals. Google Play still won out.

 Google Play still has quite a way to go if it wants to pass the iOS App Store in consumer spending, but it’s getting there. Games on Android are becoming better every day, especially with the rise of Google Play Games and the services it offers to developers. With these services, developers can spend less time on multiplayer and leaderboards and more time on the actual game.

A day after learning that the HTC One Developer Edition would be skipping the Android 4.2 update and go straight to Android 4.3, HTC’s president of global sales has now revealed that the company is working to release the same update for the HTC Droid DNA and all HTC One variants in the US and Canada before the end of September. It seems the only thing standing in the way of your HTC One or Droid DNA from receiving the news software is carrier certification.

Android is an operating system that is truly global, and Google is expanding the capabilities of Google Translate today to reflect that by adding important new languages. First are two new languages that can be used for handwriting recognition, and those are Hindi and Thai. It's especially important for handwriting recognition for languages such as these because they have a non-Roman character set that is difficult to use on a standard keyboard layout.

Today's update is also expanding the capabilities of Google Translate's "camera input", which reads languages you capture from physical objects with your phone's camera, to Afrikaans, Greek, Hebrew and Serbian. With these new capabilities in Google Translate for six more languages, Google is adding to an ever-expanding list of foreign languages that can help people communicate whether they're traveling or hosting travelers themselves.

Messaging service WhatsApp has updated its mobile apps with support for one-press voice messaging. The new feature, activated by holding down the microphone icon, allows short message clips to be recorded and exchanged as part of a conversation through the instant messaging service.

Effectively a touchscreen-based push-to-talk feature, the new voice messaging button in WhatsApp records when it's pressed down, and to dismiss your own message you simply swipe it away. It's also possible to listen to voice messages privately by holding the handset up to your head — WhatsApp detects the change and switches speakers accordingly.

The new feature is rolling out on Android, as well as iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and even Symbian devices.

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