How many of you have more than one Gmail account? Like me, you probably got a silly Gmail email address when Gmail was first launched years ago, and you later got a more serious email account as Gmail matured. Yet you are still receiving messages on both email accounts and switching between them requires that [...]

If you’v ever tried locating a file on Google Docs or Google Sites you know that in order to search the document you must visit the Docs page or the Site’s page. To alleviate this back and forth Google has made available a new Labs feature in Gmail that allows you to search these two [...]

If you are  a Netflix subscriber that has been yearning for a way to take your streaming videos on-the-go, now is the time to head on over to the App store to download the Netflix App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you’re not a subscriber yet, then this might be another good reason [...]

Next time you’re standing in line or at Doctor’s office for an appointment you will thank me for bringing this excellent App to your attention. Stumbleupon’s new mobile apps, specifically the iPhone app (what I’m using) allows users to discover new sites, pictures, videos on YouTube, and much more with a push of a button. [...]

A new feature released today allows Gmail users to make phone calls from within Gmail to anywhere in the U.S. for free. Yes, this includes cell phones and land lines, goodbye Skype! At least until the end of the year. If you have a Gmail account all you have to do is download and install [...]

Are you looking for a way to find flights without the hassle? On other search sites like Kayak, Bing, and others you run into search results that span several pages, 10 hour flights between Miami and New York…as a sane human being why would I want to sit in a plane for 10 hours for [...]

There is a lot of talk about one of Apple’s new patents which describes a method, “…for Transitioning Between Mouse-Based and Touch Interfaces.” What this means is that they are trying to patent a method that allows a mouse based system (an iMac with a mouse) to transition to a touch based system using a [...]

In an effort to build a stronger community around GilsMethod.com and to better serve our visitors, we’ve installed and configured Disqus to manage GilsMethod.com comments and reactions throughout the site. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Disqus, it is a commenting platform for sites like this that give visitors a range of options [...]

In a recent acquisition, Google bought online photo editing company Picnik. With this acquisition Google has been quickly incorporating Picnik’s cool photo editing features in Picasa Web Albums and just this past week to the latest version of Picasa. In Picasa 3.8 you will be able to edit photos using Picnik’s online tools within the Picasa window, [...]

If you’re a Foursquare, Gowalla, or other social check-in website user, you now have another option to check in to places you visit and share with friends. Facebook recently announced the roll out of Facebook Places which allows its 500 million users to check into places using the updated Facebook App.
What’s a check-in and why [...]