Meet the quietly brilliant Magic Plan for iPhone – our App of the Week on All My Faves. It allows you to draw up floor plan layouts incredibly easily, just by taking photos of your room!

Is it just us or is everyone desperate for Gentlemint to be the Pinterest for men? Tech websites everywhere are falling over themselves to push Gentlemint onto the Pinterest bandwagon – it is, after all a social bookmarking tool for men to save cool, interesting pictures and articles from around the web. But is Gentlemint really just a more manly Pinterest clone?

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Have you ever played one of those addictive (yet admittedly slightly irritating) labyrinth cube games, where you have to get the little ball into a hole on the other side of the cube? Well Google’s army of geeks have been having a ‘ball’ of fun (sorry…) turning Google Maps into a cube game!

Pocket (the app previously known as Read It Later) lets you save images, videos and articles  you find on the Internet to one place, on your iPhone, iPad, Android smartphone or Kindle Fire.

Sortable – There’s so many seemingly great cameras, phones, laptops, TVs and other electrical goods out there, crying out for you to spend your hard earned cash on. But how often do you get home only to be a little disappointed with the product you chose? How often does it not quite fit your perfect requirements? And how often is that down to the fact that the salesperson was in fact selling you the product their store wants you to buy?!

FindTheBest – This, ladies and gents, is the comparison site to end all comparison sites. We’ve seen them popping up all over the internet over the past few years; each one covering a different life decision, from choosing cheap car insurance to getting your groceries. Never before though, have we seen something as comprehensive as a site like Find the Best, that compares nearly anything for you. And I really mean nearly anything!

For my fellow gadget geeks out there, The Verge is a great online publication to get all your tech news and reviews. It’s still new, founded in early 2011, but its star is certainly rising fast, due to its breaking news coverage and in-depth reporting, product information, and community content via a unified, modern platform. Click the pic to have a look around!

We're really digging The Verge's in-depth reviews and news at All My Faves!

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Ever wanted to know how much a Jet Pack costs? Ever wanted to buy one? This Is Why I’m Broke has dedicated itself to sourcing and bringing you the world’s craziest, coolest, most bizarre inventions.

Fancy spending your pocket money on a flying car?

It’s a great read over the coffee break, and actually helped me find a couple of novelty gifts for friends’ birthdays (and no I’m not talking about the flying car to the right, although you really can buy one if you want to! Incredible!)

How about a water jet pack? ThisIsWhyImBroke has it all!

ThisIsWhyImBroke is a strong contender for next year’s nominations for Coffee Break site of the Year. But for now, check out our Top 10 Sites For Your Coffee Break 2011. You’ll discover some awesome sites like this, and you can vote for your favorites!

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Tested – Tested.com is for clever people who want to buy smarter, tweak better, hack harder, and watch them destroy bad gear.

eEtiquette – The digital lifestyle is changing our lives and our behavior. Today the kind of questions we face include “Is it okay if I ignore a ‘friend request’ on Facebook?”, “Is it impolite to put my cell phone on the table in the restaurant?” or “How long can I use the free WiFi in the café without ordering anything?”.

Now we do have an eEtiquette with 101 dos and don’ts for everyday digital interaction. It has been developed after several months of intensive research work and numerous workshops with participants from more than 12 countries.

ifttt / Put the internet to work for you – Put the internet to work for you by creating tasks that fit this simple structure: if this then that
Think of all the things you could do if you were able to define any task as: when something happens (this) then do something else (that).

Singularity Hub – Singularity Hub is a blog and news network covering the latest in robots, genetics, longevity, artificial intelligence, aging, stem cells, and more.

The singularity is the point in mankind’s future when we will transcend current intellectual and biological limitations and initiate an intelligence and information explosion beyond imagining.

The impossible is becoming possible. The future that you thought would not come in your lifetime is coming sooner than you thought. Singularity Hub is here to tell you about it.