Google will not make Project Ara modular smartphone

Google has dropped plans for a modular smartphone with interchangeable parts as it realigns its investments in the area of hardware.While the company will not be releasing the Project Ara phone that was to have been easily customizable, it may bring the phone to market through licensing deals with partners, Reuters reported late Thursday.Google confirmed the report was “true and accurate” but said it had no official comment.The Lego blocks model for smartphone design was first mooted