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What does Google's big court 'win' mean for us?

Another day, another time for Google to pull victory from the ashes.

Google's not allowed to attach any other strings to the deal, like saying the contract must be exclusive, but Apple can keep collecting those huge annual payments, which equal about one-fifth of the company's services revenue. (Image credit: Nandika Ravi/ Android Central)Smaller companies are also better off because of the decision to allow Google to continue to enter deals for a default search service. The details aren't set in stone, and the judge did realize that this subject needs to be approached carefully, but the data you generate and provide to Google will end up in the hands of other companies.

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