Know the Unknown Products of Google

By siliconindia  |  Monday, 30 November -1, 05:30 IST

Bangalore: Some ended up being epic failures, while most of the apps developed by Google define ground-breaking innovations. In spite of creating benchmarks in app and product development, Google could not prevent itself from launching some of the most bizarre sites and apps.

A few of these services have been discontinued, most are running with scarcity of users and others are still primitively under developed. Google says that the significantly limited range of target users might be the reason why these applications are not being used as much as others.

Here is a list of ten such products by Google that got lost in the crowd.

1. Google Mars

Released in: 2009

Service Type: Web Mapping

Status: Running with very less users due to lack of practical application

Google Earth’s Version 5 included an option called Google Mars, to view the 3D renderings of the Martian terrains. It can be used in same ways as Google StreetView and compiled images from the Mares Orbiter and Mars Exploration rovers.

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