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(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. will pay $700 million and alter its Google Play policies to settle claims that the app store unlawfully dominates the Android mobile applications market, resolving antitrust complaints brought by attorneys general of about three dozen states and consumers.Most Read from BloombergApple Races to Tweak Software Ahead of Looming US Watch BanApple to Halt US Sales of Smartwatches After Patent LossWhat If Putin Wins? US Allies Fear Defeat as Ukraine Aid StallsGulf Splits H...

Alphabet's Google agreed to pay $700 million and allow for greater competition in its app Play Store to settle an antitrust suit...

Google parent Alphabet agreed to pay $700 million and make certain changes to its app store, settling one of several antitrust challenges to the search-engine company. The settlement resolves claims by a group of states that Google operated its app store, Google Play, as an illegal monopoly, allegedly stifling competition from other app distributors on devices using the Google-owned Android operating system. Alphabet will contribute $630 million to a settlement fund distributed to benefit consumers, per a court-approved plan, and will pay $70 million into a fund used by the states, the company said...

Users of Google navigation apps in Israel are not seeing traffic jams due a precautionary suspension of that function as the country comes under rocket salvoes from Gaza and Lebanon. Though the crowd-sourced and colour-coded road congestions are temporarily absent from Google Maps and Waze, they are still being factored into the arrival-at-destination times given to users, a company spokesperson said. Since Hamas militants launched a cross-border attack on Israel on Oct 7, the Gaza Strip has erupted into war, with knock-on violence on the Lebanese border...

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