Electronic book readers like Barnes & Noble’s Nook are selling for around $260, if you can get your hands on one of these hot-selling gifts at all. There are much cheaper alternatives—free, actually—although you have to deal with a much smaller screen.
Cheapskate? There’s an app for that. Lots and lots of them, actually. There are iPhone apps that will plot a busy day of hitting yard sales, produce coupons for instant discounts at supermarkets, shops, and restaurants, do price comparisons and summon product reviews while you’re mulling the options inside a store, and even help you [...]
