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Google Play Judge Calls $700 Million Settlement Bad for Customers

Google Play Judge Calls 0 Million Settlement Bad for Customers

(Bloomberg) — A federal judge appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s $700 million proposed settlement with states and consumers to resolve claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power. Most Read from Bloomberg At a hearing Monday, US District Judge James Donato said the accord seems to give short-shrift to consumers both in the overall compensation it provides and the broad release it gives the company from future lawsuits. “Right now I’m not saying it’s a bag of… Source link

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Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available

Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available

Image Credits: Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative is available, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The new feature, called “Talk to a Live Rep,” would get rid of the need for users to wait countless minutes, and sometimes hours, listening to hold music trying to get connected to a customer service agent. The… Source link

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Yandex Founder Calls for Sanctions Removal After Criticism of Russian Invasion

Yandex Founder Calls for Sanctions Removal After Criticism of Russian Invasion

Yandex NV co-founder Arkady Volozh shouldn’t have been sanctioned after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, as he was never close to the Russian president and has blasted Russia’s aggression toward its neighbor, a European Union court was told. “This is not about another businessman who built his wealth on the wave of privatization and state contracts,” William Julie, a lawyer for the tech magnate, told the EU’s General Court. Source link

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