Exclusive: Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts - sources

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eAgbIp_58aRse0xYax.YIw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-09-02T020749Z_1006990001_LYNXNPEC8103I_RTROPTP_2_CTEC H-US-GOOGLE-SMARTPHONE.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-google-shelves-plan-phone-interchangeable-parts-sources-020749144--finance.html)By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smartphone with interchangeable components, as part of a broader push to streamline the company's hardware efforts, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The move marks an about-face for the tech company, which announced a host of partners for Project Ara at its developer conference in May and said it would ship a developer edition of the product this autumn. A spokeswoman for Google declined to comment on the matter.



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