When it comes to Valentine’s Day, flowers and candy are the expected gifts. But come on — we live in a digital age! If you or your Valentine is a chic geek, why not give and receive sexy techie gifts? Treat yourself to these gifts or pass the list along to your boyf.
To get in the spirit, create custom Necco Sweethearts with their iPhone app — and then share them with your loves via Twitter.
For the Valentine whose iPod is always filled with the latest songs, we love these heart-shaped …

Match.com is giving participating TechCoquette readers the chance to win a Match.com Love Kit, which will include various goodies to help you get ready for the big day (and dates to come…). The Love Kit will most likely include (subject to change):

Lip Balm
Manicure Kit/Shaving Kit (depending on winner’s gender)
chocolates
a coupon for a Match.com membership discount
relationship expert Whitney Casey’s book “The Man Plan” (for the ladies)
a free 1-month online movie rental subscription
and more surprise goodies!

To be eligible to win, you must answer following question: What is the craziest thing you’ve done …

I recently blogged about a NYC singles event that merges texting with live interaction. The premise is as follows: if you think someone is cute, you can text their badge number to Cupid’s Lab. If – and only if – that person likes you too and texts your badge number to Cupid’s Lab, you both get texts indicating that the other party is attracted to you. It’s a low-risk way of finding out if the person you’re into is into you, too. That way, you’re less likely to fear rejection …

We’re not all looking for love on the internet, but even if you exchange emails with someone because you’re both members of the same niche community, your correspondence could develop into something more intimate, more spellbinding … something leading to the bedroom, not a chat room.
If intelligence is a turn on, you can tell if someone passes your test from their comments on blogs and their posts on your wall. Add to that a few pictures in their profile of choice, and you’ve already got a mean recipe for a …

Used to be a husband and wife would be separated by continents for months, writing romantic letters to each other about the work on the steam engine — this wasn’t just yesterday, mind you. Can you imagine writing letters and waiting weeks for a response from your better half? Don’t even get me started about the sex (or lack thereof).
Sometimes, I can hardly wait for a video to buffer or a new window to open without experiencing the sudden urge to toss my laptop across the room. No chance …

Let’s not play dumb: we sometimes confide in exes and even attractive single friends when our relationships are sailing through some fairly turbulent waters. And really, who can blame us? Naturally, we seek out those to whom we’re attracted — whether physically or mentally — when times are tough in our love lives.
Since text messaging and online chats have drastically cut the distance between friends and former flames — there are no miles in cyberspace — we can now spill our guts to confidants around the world. However, this new …

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(Tip of the hat to @simpsonsparadox!)