1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, an indication of a gesture, the gesture being entered by a user at a first location of a touchscreen operatively coupled to the computing device; determining, by the computing device, a context of the gesture, based at least in part on the type of the gesture and the type of information that is displayed proximate the first location of the touchscreen when the gesture is entered; responsive to determining, by the computing device, that the gesture is a first type of known gesture, performing, by the computing device and using an application predetermined by the user, an action associated with the context of the gesture; and responsive to determining, by the computing device, that the gesture is a second type of known gesture, outputting, by the computing device, for display, a prompt indicating a plurality of applications for the user to select an application from to perform an action associated with the context of the gesture, wherein the application that is predetermined by the user and each of the plurality of applications indicated by the prompt is a computer program that is executable by the computing device to perform the respective action.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context is determined further based on information stored in a memory of the computing device when the gesture is received.