I find myself increasingly having this conversation with my fellow lovers of their crackberry – what are the rules for living with love and technology? I mean wouldn’t we all rather go to bed to have some fun than sending out one last tweet of the day to John Mayer? and how many people do you see supposedly having an intimate dinner, only to be interupted by the red flashing light of their Blackberry winking at them saying go on, ’read me’.

Relationship counsellors have noticed that ” People feel they’re not being shown enough consideration, that they’re being excluded if their partner is spending a lot of time using phones for socialising, playing games or working.” It really does seem to be a phenomenon that is on the increase, emphasised by the fact that these devices are mobile so can be accessed antime, anyplace, anywhere.

So how many of you take your Blackberry, your iPhone even your laptop to bed? Is it sex, sleep or smartphone for you? I know which one I’d pick…

If you’ve ever lost your car in a car park after a long days shopping (it’s a girl thang), or misplaced your tent at Glasto (that’s a boy off his face thang), then this could be the gadget for you! It’s a teeny weeny GPS system that you attach to your keys that gives you the much needed directions before you start crying.

You simply ‘lock’ in your starting location, get out and about, possibly lost, and if so, just follow the ECCO’s idiot-proof LCD display back to where you started. Even better, the ECCO will store up to three locations, mmmm so I’m thinking Jimmy Choo via Selfridges with a quick stop at Zuma for a bite to eat. Perfect.

It’s charges via USB and lasts for a month on standby and approximately 2 weeks if you use it for ten minutes every day. Then again, if you need to use it more than that then you probably shouldn’t be left to go out on your own. Mwoooaaaah.

Available at www.firebox.com for £69.95.

Features

• Tracks up to 32 satellites within 60 seconds.
• Tracking distance up to 9999 miles.
• Store up to 3 locations (car, tent, hotel, etc).
• Rechargeable battery USB connection at home, computer, or in your car.
• Highly sensitive GPS receiver provides faster acquisition times and improved tracking capabilities.
• Built in electronic compass that provides bearing information while you’re standing still, always pointing you in the general direction.
• Display directional arrow, direction and distance counts down as you move closer to your saved location and counts up as you move farther away.
• No service fees.
• Global range.
• Smallest personal GPS system that fits on a keychain.

As my pedometer on my iPhone never seems to work properly, I’m quite looking forward to the latest addition from Nintendo, Personal Trainer: Walking, a game for the DS and DSi.  Each copy of the game ships with two Activity Metres, or advanced pedometers, that sync wirelessly with the gaming system and count and record steps during a given period of time.

The game’s software then converts these into statistics or is that too geeky?!  Each Activity Meter can store up to seven days of data, while the DS/DSi game card can hold up to five years’ worth of downloaded data, that’s a LOT of walking!  A single game card can store four users and their data.

And if you have a wuffer, even pets’ activities can be saved to the DS/DSi by attaching the Activity Meter to a dog’s collar, for example. Daily goals can be set and you can import your Mii characters from the Wii game console or design their own. Sounds pretty fun and simple to use.

Getting Started

A small .gif or .jpg above or beside your signature can look quite professional when you’re sending out emails (a large one, however, just looks like you’re a saddo/narcissist).

Different e-mail clients make inserting an image easy, difficult, or nigh impossible. Here are some top tips for the various Microsoft clients, as well as for Google Mail. Woop Woop even Gmail.

This a really useful site which has real life advice for all you girls out there covering a whole variery of topics.

It’s a practical, speedy resource, all tips are short and to the point, and there is no need to plough through interminable, irrelevant chat. Tips are rated by users, so the best are soon evident. Tips can be found either by a keyword search or by browsing by particular categories.

Check out www.toptipsforgirls.com to have all your questions answered!