Google Launches 'Keep' To Rival Evernote

Today Google launched 'Google Keep', a mobile note-taking service to rival software like Evernote. It works on devices running Android 4.0 or later, and there's also a web interface (which is struggling under launch load as of this writing). Google describes the service thus: "With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are safely stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices so you can always have them at hand. If it’s more convenient to speak than to type that’s fine—Keep transcribes voice memos for you automatically. There’s super-fast search to find what you’re looking for and when you’re finished with a note you can archive or delete it." Fans of Google Reader will probably be a bit hesitant to pick this up.

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Cloud This!

[girlintraining]

Why is there this rush to put everything in the cloud? Are you telling me that my device can't store a few bytes to kilobytes of textual data on it... that I need to download an online-only app to perform this most basic function? I mean, the IBM 8088AT class computers with giant 5.25 floppy drives had the ability to save text documents... and it didn't have a network connection.

Oh right, I forgot: Data mining. All those juicy keywords. Mmm, delicious monitization of your private data... mmmyes, myes. I think I just had an evilgasm. Okay, nevermind... sorry, was trying to be logical here. Didn't see there was money to be had. Ignore my previous! Carry on!