Google's ambitious Project Ara has been canned

If you recall, just a few months ago, Google revealed that the Developer Edition of its much-hyped Project Ara modular smartphone will start shipping this fall - in fact, Ara's official website still says that. However, a new report from Reuters says that the company has suspended the project.

Citing a couple of sources, the report notes that the move is "part of a broader push to streamline the company's hardware efforts."

While that's certainly bad news for those who were looking forward to the product, there seems to be a silver lining - the report notes that Google may license Ara's technology to others, opening a possibly for an Ara-like phone sometime in future.

A Google spokesperson declined to offer any comment on the matter.

link:http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-google-smartphone-idUKKCN11806C

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