How I Made -- Instead of Spent -- 26 Cents With a Mobile App

Internet companies have figured out ways to help people make money by sharing their cars, renting out their apartments and performing mundane tasks like standing in line. Now they want to give them a way monetize downtime, the brief interludes in most people’s day when they’re waiting for a latte at Starbucks, sitting in a waiting room or riding the bus home. It’s the next logical step in the sharing economy. It isn’t a substitute for a job. It’s a substitute for playing Candy Crush and liking pictures of your friends’ schnauzer on Facebook. Rather than spending a dollar to receive fake gold coins in a game, you can use the app to earn actual coins.