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Welcome to the site apple.
The best advise you can probably get is to stay off the brakes as much as possible. At higher speed driving this means increasing the distance between you and the car ahead of you if you find yourself using the brakes much. Same with city driving, but with the added fun of trying to time lights so you're not just sitting there idling. If you see a red light ahead, pop it in neutral and coast up to it. Also, slowing down ahead of time to avoid having to stop is a good technique. Again, at higher speeds, if you can slow down a bit it will help.
I assume you have a manual transmission. My normal acceleration practice is to give it a good amount of throttle (about half, a scangauge helps here a lot though), and I shift when I get to 2000 rpm. When cruising at a steady speed you want to be in the highest gear possible. So, you don't sound too far off there.
I'd also recommend pumping your tires up a bit higher than stock pressures. Max sidewall listed on the tire is a good pressure normally.
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