Google Keep

I've never seen it before. Maybe others missed its release too.

Ditto, I've been using it for at least a year. For those of you new to it, make sure to check out the mobile app.. I use it for time & location-based notifications all the time.. love when it tells me what to buy WHEN I get to my grocery store of choice.

That's a fair criticism. It sucks when Google kills a product you've invested a lot of time and effort in, but Google Takeout should a least make the data recoverable after the fact.

I don't see this product specifically listed in their Takeout offerings[1], but I think it is included in Google Drive.

Edit: On the bright side, they have been making incremental improvements in the year or so since it was launched. The Android app has received several updates for better design and new features, including reminders based on location or time and the ability to make checklists.

[1] https://www.google.com/settings/takeout

Google Base wasn't a note-taking service - it's a product database (now called Google Merchant Center)

In my case, because its been around for a year, yet I just discovered its existence from this post. Not that this says much for the product.