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Apple and Google hold a "vice-like grip" on UK consumers, says competition regulator
Suggests actions to decrease the mobile marketplace duopoly
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Departs after more than five and half years
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Every Little Helps
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Top Dog
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Google employees rally together to form the Alphabet Workers Union
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"We are setting up listening sessions with leading Indian startups to understand their concerns more deeply"
Trust Issues
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“China will also look at what other countries have done, including holding inquiries with Google executives"
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