Following violent protests, Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, scrapped plans for a new airport near the capital, a pet project to be named after her father, Sheikh Mujib Rahman.
Though it was initially proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 as an American project (to be named Freedom), it got off the ground more than a decade later, after President Bill Clinton invited Russia to take part in it.
The announcement posted to the company's homepage today claims the app was a "test" and the decision was made so that the company could focus on its next project, yet to be named.
The company is developing a new tablet with a 7.85-inch screen that is likely to sell for significantly less than the latest $499 iPad, with its 9.7-inch display, according to several people with knowledge of the project who declined to be named discussing confidential plans.
Previously, several people with knowledge of the project, who declined to be named because they were discussing confidential plans, said that the smaller iPad would have a 7.85-inch screen, and is likely to sell for significantly less than the latest $500 iPad with a 9.7-inch display.
Apple is developing a new model of the iPad with a 7.85-inch display that it could announce before the start of the holiday shopping season, according to people with knowledge of the project who declined to be named discussing confidential plans.
President Barack Obama's announcement today ends months of speculation that Collins, leader of the international Human Genome Project, was about to be named to head the $30.6 billion agency.
In less than two months, Bristol will announce a second project in the Gulch to be named Velocity.
This is not due to Leigh, 73 next month, slowing down after 12 feature films – in fact, he's planning his biggest-budget film yet – but because his new project is the first to be named in advance.
According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year.
