Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly

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Google said Monday it agreed to pay $700 million to settle an anti-trust case brought by a group of states focused on the tech giant’s powerful app store. Jeff Chiu/AP

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Google has agreed to pay $700 million and will make changes to its app store it has resisted for years in order to resolve a an antitrust lawsuit brought by state attorneys general, the company announced on Monday.

As part of the deal, Google said it would now allow app developers

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