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As one of its daily deals, Best Buy offers the 3-lb. Acer Aspire C720P-2661 Intel Celeron 1.4GHz 11.6 Inch Touchscreen Chromebook in Moonstone White for $179.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low by $78.) It features an Intel Haswell Celeron 2955U 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 11.6 inch 1366x768 LED-backlit touchscreen LCD, 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 802.11n wireless, webcam, Bluetooth 4.0, 3-cell battery, and Google Chrome OS. It doesn't include an optical drive. Deal ends today.

Best4u-Online via Amazon offers the Tacoon Qy7 Mini Wireless Bluetooth Headphones for $29.99. Coupon code LOL7ANAV cuts the price to $26.99. Plus, Prime members bag free shipping. (Non-members can spend $35 or more to bag free shipping; otherwise, shipping adds $6.03.) That's $3 off list and the lowest total price we could find. They feature noise cancellation, Bluetooth 4.1, and a rechargeable battery with 4.5 hours of talk time per charge.

As one of its daily deals, Best Buy offers the Philips Norelco Rechargeable Electric Cordless Shaver with 2D Heads in Gray/Orange/Black, model no. 1160X/42, for $74.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $55. It features GyroFlex 2D contour-following, AquaTec wet / dry shaving, and 50 minutes of shaving per charge. It includes the Jet Clean system for cleaning and charging the razor. Deal ends today.

As one of its daily deals, Amazon offers the Eton Rugged Rukus Solar Bluetooth Speaker in Black, model no. NRKS200B, for $44.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low by $25.) This all-terrain, solar-powered sound system features Bluetooth connectivity, a USB port, and up to 8 hours of battery life per charge. Deal ends today.

APH has released another free update to its Nearby Explorer GPS software for Android devices. This release includes bug fixes and some incremental improvements, including a Voice Search button on the search screen, support for OpenStreetMap for addresses, and support for expressing the distance to nearby places using clock face, such as 11 o'clock. It's available now from Google Play, and we've included the complete changelog below.

We posted earlier about the array of new gestures and commands available in Samsung's forthcoming Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. While the phones aren't scheduled to be available until April 10, some T-Mobile stores, including a local store we contacted, have the devices on display currently, meaning you can try out the new accessibility features before you buy. If you go to a store and find a phone, you can go to Settings, Accessibility, Vision and enable Galaxy TalkBack. Be sure to enable Galaxy TalkBack as opposed to the Google version. Our previous post lists the gestures that should be available. The Galaxy S6 on T-Mobile should contain the same accessibility features as other carriers. If you're able to try out the phone, let us know what you think in the comments.

How many medium bananas does it take to equal one cup? Or how many teaspoons will you get from one small clove of garlic? A page on About.com includes this information and more for over 600 common and not so common foods in one simple table. It's sorted alphabetically and very easy to navigate. Select the link on this post to visit the page.

Amazon wants to make ordering every day necessities from its website as easy as clicking a button. We're not talking about the Buy Now button on the Amazon website here. This new device is an actual Bluetooth button, known as the Dash.

Dash.

A Dash is a small Wi-Fi button for different items that you hang in your house. When you are ready to buy an item, like detergent, you just click the button and the product order goes straight to your Amazon shopping cart. Several brand-name products already have their own buttons, including Bounty paper towels, Clorox disinfecting wipes, Gatorade and Kraft mac and cheese.

No word on how much it will cost, but it's now available for Prime members. Non-Prime subscribers will eventually be able to sign up for the device as well. If you're interested, click the provided link and let us know what you think.

If you need a book, cheap phone case or just about any household item, Amazon has you covered. But if you need a gardener, electrician or a private tutor to help you brush up on your Spanish, then before now, you’d need to look elsewhere. Thanks to Amazon Home Services, you’ll be able to easily and efficiently find the right person for the job.

There are a number of sites that simply advertise the services of others, but Amazon assumes responsibility for the entire process of matching the right professional with the job.

At this time, Amazon Home Services is quite limited. It’s a US-only enterprise for now, and whether you’ll be able to find a suitable candidate to complete the required job depends largely on where you live. For Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, you’ll probably be able to find somebody to help with any task, from mowing the lawn to ridding your computer of viruses, although in most areas, coverage is described either as Light or Coming Soon.

If you do live in an area selling services, then for a limited time, Amazon is offering a $20 Amazon.com gift card to anybody buying a service costing more than $99.

Amazon is not the first to create a marketplace for professionals to link up with those who require their assistance, but given the company’s experience and general reputation, one can assume both professionals and consumers will go with the Amazon brand.

To learn more about Amazon Home Services, click the provided link and let us know what you think.

According to Media Access Australia, Samsung has introduced several new accessibility features with the pending release of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Active. The phones, which will be introduced on April 10, include an enhanced version of the TalkBack screen reader called Galaxy TalkBack, which feature a laundry list of additional gestures. For example, swiping up or down, which previously performed the same action as swiping left or right, will use the "most recent contextual menu option" according to the user guide - PDF. We're not exactly sure how this will work in practice, but the duplicated gestures were seen as a waste to many.

Several of the new gestures center around a new text selection mode which includes ways to select, cut, and paste text. Users can also pause and resume speech using a gesture as well as media playback. A two finger triple tap will speak the current date and time, battery status, and mode, with the exact information that is spoken configurable from the settings menu.

In my last column, I showed you how to find inexpensive clothes for a good price. Now, I will discuss two basic fashion guidelines and one basic thing we all should know about our skin.

Another big assistive technology merger appears to be in the works. ABiSee, well-known for its line of scanning and reading machines including the Eye-Pal Ace, and Freedom Scientific, makers of the JAWS for Windows screen reader, video magnifiers, and the Focus braille displays has joined forces according to a press release. According to the release, Freedom Scientific will begin distributing ABiSe's line of reading products and ABISee founder Leon Reznik will become a member of the Freedom Scientific team. We've reached out in an attempt to get more details on this developing story and included the full press release below.

Never MSRP via eBay offers the Unlocked HTC One M8 16GB 4G Android Smartphone in Red for $442.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low by $32 in any color.) It features a Snapdragon Quad-core 2.5GHz processor, 5 inch 1080x1920 LCD touchscreen, 16GB storage, 2GB RAM, 802.11ac wireless, 4-megapixel camera, and Android 4.4.2 OS (KitKat).

Mobilepros1 via eBay offers the refurbished Unlocked Apple iPhone 5 64GB GSM Smartphone in Black or White, model no. MD662X/A, for $259.99 with free shipping. Outside of other eBay sellers, that's tied with last month's refurb mention and $189 under the lowest total price we could find for a new one.

Here's a unique gift for Mother's Day. mhestore2009 via eBay offers this 24K Gold-Plated Rose with Gift Box
for $19.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current price low by $4.) It comes with a certificate of authenticity. Deal ends April 3.

Microsoft Store via eBay offers the Toshiba Encore 2 WT8-B32CNM 8 Inch 32GB Windows 8.1 Tablet in Gold, model no. PDW0AU-00601F, for $89.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low by $17.) Features include an Intel Atom Z3735G 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 8 inch 1280x800 touchscreen, 1GB RAM, 32GB storage, rear- and front-facing cameras, 802.11n wireless, micro-USB, microSD, Bluetooth 4.0, and Windows 8.1. Deal ends April 1 at 11 am ET. Note that Microsoft Signature Edition devices feature a clean operating system without any third-party trialware.

Breed via eBay offers the Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 4 32GB Android Smartphone in four colors, model no. SM-N910H, for $519.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen for an new unlocked model. (It's also a current price low by $80.) It features a 5.7 inch 2560x1440 Super AMOLED display, octa-core processor (Cortex-A57 1.9GHz quad-core + Cortex-A53 1.3GHz quad core), 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera with 120° wide selfie mode, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11ac wireless, microSDHC card slot, and Android 4.4 (Kit Kat).

Top Electronic Deals via eBay offers the 4.5-lb. Apple MacBook Pro Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 2.5GHz 13.3 Inch LED-Backlit Laptop in Silver, model no. MD101LL/A, for $849.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen for a new unit. (It's also a current low by $124.) Features include an Intel Core i5-3210m 2.5GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 13.3 inch 1280x800 LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, SuperDrive, AirPort Extreme (802.11n wireless), Bluetooth 4.0, SDXC card slot, Facetime camera, Thunderbolt port, and Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).

As one of its daily deals, Oontz by Cambridge SoundWorks via Amazon offers Prime members the Cambridge SoundWorks Oontz Angle IPX-5 Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $34.99 with free shipping. (Shipping adds $5.85 for non-members.) That's $95 off and the lowest total price we could find. It's compatible with most Bluetooth-enabled devices and features a reported rechargeable battery life of 15 hours. Deal ends today.

As one of its daily deals, Amazon offers the Toshiba 1TB Canvio Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive in Black, Silver, or White, model no. HDTB310XK3AA, for $49.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $10. It runs at 5400 rpm and features an 8MB cache. Deal ends today.