In June, Google engineers took to the stage in front of thousands of cheering software developers to introduce the Nexus Q, a black ball meant to stream video and music. It was Google’s first try at building its own hardware — in the United States, no less — and Google called it “a third wave of consumer electronics.” But last week, just five weeks after the introductory pomp at the annual developers’ conference, Google indefinitely postponed shipment of the device. Read the full story at The New York Times.