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Google has just released an Evernote competitor called Google Keep.

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evan_ 14y ago
They killed Google Notebook a couple years ago. I don't know why I should trust this one. Pretty ballsy to call it "keep", bloggers can start drafting their "Google Loses Keep" headlines now.
- webwanderings 14y ago
  You should trust them as long as the people behind this app are working for Google. It is apparently obvious that Google as a company stays above its products and people. When people leave, the product pretty much goes with them. Unless of course you have built a cash cow like Gmail or other Ads generating mechanism. Also exempt are your Glasses, self-driving cars and etc.
  - saraid216 14y ago
    > Also exempt are your Glasses, self-driving cars and etc. Are they? The press thus far has sort of focused pretty heavily on Thrun. If he were to walk away from Google, I wonder what would actually happen.
    - webwanderings 14y ago
      Well, my reference is to post-Kinect world of Microsoft in particular and the world at large in general. It seems every other big IT corporation is looking to keep one or two of their larger-than-life futuristic product at the top of the shelf as sort of a promise to the humanity. So there is no chance that they will let go of those inventions so easily so soon. The rest of the tiny everyday products, well, you have Google Webstore for those where millions of others are keeping company.
- lopatin 14y ago
  Data from Google Notebook wasn't lost, just transfered over to Google Docs.
  - evan_ 14y ago
    Well, that's true, and to Google's immense credit they're very good about letting go of data- I was referring more to losing the product itself.
    - smokinjoe 14y ago
      The product wasn't great. I used it quite extensively (I didn't know of any other services) and it was filled with problems with layouts and pasting with styles. While I wasn't thrilled to see it go, it shouldn't have been that huge of a shock to anyone. If anything, the best features from Google Notebook have made their way into Google Drive.

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evan_ 14y ago

They killed Google Notebook a couple years ago. I don't know why I should trust this one. Pretty ballsy to call it "keep", bloggers can start drafting their "Google Loses Keep" headlines now.

webwanderings 14y ago
You should trust them as long as the people behind this app are working for Google. It is apparently obvious that Google as a company stays above its products and people. When people leave, the product pretty much goes with them. Unless of course you have built a cash cow like Gmail or other Ads generating mechanism. Also exempt are your Glasses, self-driving cars and etc.
- saraid216 14y ago
  > Also exempt are your Glasses, self-driving cars and etc. Are they? The press thus far has sort of focused pretty heavily on Thrun. If he were to walk away from Google, I wonder what would actually happen.
  - webwanderings 14y ago
    Well, my reference is to post-Kinect world of Microsoft in particular and the world at large in general. It seems every other big IT corporation is looking to keep one or two of their larger-than-life futuristic product at the top of the shelf as sort of a promise to the humanity. So there is no chance that they will let go of those inventions so easily so soon. The rest of the tiny everyday products, well, you have Google Webstore for those where millions of others are keeping company.
lopatin 14y ago
Data from Google Notebook wasn't lost, just transfered over to Google Docs.
- evan_ 14y ago
  Well, that's true, and to Google's immense credit they're very good about letting go of data- I was referring more to losing the product itself.
  - smokinjoe 14y ago
    The product wasn't great. I used it quite extensively (I didn't know of any other services) and it was filled with problems with layouts and pasting with styles. While I wasn't thrilled to see it go, it shouldn't have been that huge of a shock to anyone. If anything, the best features from Google Notebook have made their way into Google Drive.