Tech industry titans Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt took their battle for corporate domination to the heart of Europe on Tuesday seeking to win over new startups and IT (Other OTC: ITGL - news) enthusiasts.
In a rare move Melker Karlsson Salute to Service Jersey , Apple (LSE: 0R2V.L - news) chief executive Cook and his bitter rival, Alphabet (Xetra: ABEA.DE - news) boss Schmidt appeared at the opening day of a seminar organised in Amsterdam for the week-long Startup Europe Fest -- although they did not take the stage together.
And Schmidt, chief executive for Alphabet and former Google boss, triggered laughter when he revealed he had an iPhone -- made by his rival -- in his pocket as well as a Samsung.
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"The Samsung is better, has a better battery. Are we clear?" he insisted. "And to those of you who are iPhone users, I'm right!"
At the top of the corporate world, Apple and Google are in a back-and-forth battle to be number one.
It's not clear which of the two Silicon Valley giants will emerge on top in a contest which highlights the contrast of very different business models.
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"Part of our job is to seed the market with ideas," Schmidt said, as the two men lobbed a series of jabs at each other's companies in their separate appearances.
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He also urged more European entrepreneurs to take a risk and get behind start-ups, saying Google was hiring thousands of Europeans every year because they had nowhere to go to on their home continent.
Apple was meanwhile on a mission "to bring the app economy to places where it's missed, because ... we recognise it hasn't gone everywhere yet and we want it to very much," Cook told the Amsterdam forum.
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He also defended Apple from accusations that it was operating a kind of "closed" policy on its app store.
There were now two million apps on the Apple store, "that doesn't sound too closed. We do curate ... there's certain things we don't want to sell like pornography," he added.
"As Apple we have always felt that our role is to stand at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts, because that's where the real magic comes."
The Netherlands is hosting the week-long event as part of meetings organised during its six months at the helm of the European Union presidency.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- 20th Century Fox's action spy film "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" brought in an estimated 39 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, dethroning Stephen King's horror film "It" from the top spot at the North American box office.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is a sequel to "Kingsman: The Secret Service" released in 2015. The film franchise is based on the "Kingsman" comic book series.
It tells the story of survivors of a secret British spy agency teaming up with their American counterparts after the world is held hostage by a new threat.
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" currently has a 51 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore.
The sequel scored the fifth best September opening ever at the North American box office and earned 61 million U.S. dollars from overseas markets for a global total of 100 million U.S. dollars.
"September 2017 is turning out to be a hit-making machine as the month is poised for all-time box office greatness with less than a week to go as the dollars continue to roll in Joonas Donskoi Salute to Service Jersey ," wrote movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian at comScore in an email to Xinhua.
Warner Bros.' horror film "It" moved to the second place this weekend with an estimated 30 million U.S. dollars, pushing it's total to 266.4 million U.S. dollars after 17 days in North American theaters.
Another new comer, Warner Bros.' animated "The Lego Ninjago Movie" opened with an estimated 21.2 million U.S. dollars in the third place. It's the third installment of "The Lego Movie" franchise.
Lionsgate's action thriller film "American Assassin" landed in the fourth place with an estimated 6.2 million U.S. dollars in its second weekend.
HAVANA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban government will pay 50 percent of construction materials needed by victims of Hurricane Irma Joe Pavelski Salute to Service Jersey , which blasted the island over a week ago, an official statement said on Monday.
"Taking into account the severe damage caused by Hurricane Irma and the positive experiences gained during the recovery of Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew, the Cuban government decided to fund 50 percent of the price of construction materials to be sold to people affected by the total or partial destruction of their homes," said the statement.
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Hurricane Irma devastated the Caribbean over a week ago, leaving 10 dead and damaging about 39,000 homes nationwide, according to early estimates. Final figures about the damage are expected in coming days.
The Cuban government commonly subsidizes construction materials to help victims of natural disasters reconstruction.
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