Google paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to keep its search function on iOS devices, Bloomberg reports, the result of an agreement the two companies have that gives Apple a percentage of the revenue Google earns through iPhones and iPads. Bloomberg cites a court transcript from the ongoing Oracle case against Google — the same case that-yesterday revealed how much money Google makes from Android — in which Oracle attorney Annette Hearst disclosed the figure during a hearing on January 14th.



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