It looks like Google is going back to its old tricks again by providing a Google maps interface to images of Mars. In the midst of the clutter of betas, it’s nice to know Google still has time to mess around with science and other interesting quirks. I’ve actually been a little disappointed with Google’s offerings lately–they just seem to lack the tight focus that the company used to have.
What I’m seeing is little annoying things like Gmail being down for 20 minutes at a time and the new Reader interface showing huge bugs. I’m all for releasing prototype products and calling them beta, but, there is a point where releasing something too early can kill the product. It’ll be interesting to see where Google will be focusing its efforts in the coming years. The GDrive certainly looks promising, if not a little scary.