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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 Women's Kevin White 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.


When an audience show of hands revealed more people had an iPhone than an Android, Schmidt said ironically: ""So much for the Android monopoly in Europe.""


""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.


The two companies have a virtual duopoly on the smartphone market, but Apple makes its own hardware and software while Google provides only the free Android software for handsets, including many made by low-cost manufacturers.


""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.


""There is nothing like ... unlocking the creativity and innovation of millions of people,"" he said.


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.


""The thing that has fundamentally changed from being the shop-owner on the corner is that now you are selling your product to the world,"" Cook added.

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LONDON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Britain on Saturday held nationwide commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day.


British Queen Elizabeth II, members of the Royal Family and Prime Minister David Cameron attended a service of Remembrance with veterans, former Prisoners of War (POWs) at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in central London.


"We are remembering this anniversary today because of the thousands of people who died, suffered appalling injuries and were tortured during this conflict. It is right that we remember, it is right that we thank them and it is right that we recognize that they suffered for our freedoms," Cameron said at the anniversary.


During the service, a wreath was laid at the church's memorial to Far East Prisoners of War, which displayed an original section of the notorious Thai-Burma Railway, known as the "Railway of Death" which cost the lives of nearly 18,000 POWs from Britain, the Netherlands, Australia and the United States.


Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Prime Minister joined hundreds of veterans and their families, members of the armed forces for a commemorative event on Horse Guards Parade near Downing Street.


Veterans and their family members joined about 2,000 people in the event and watched a spectacular flypast of historic and present aircraft.


"It is only right that we recognize the sacrifices made by all those whose actions led to the final victory of Allied Forces in the Second World War and ensured the security at home that we now all enjoy," said Frederick Curzon, minister of state for Britain's Ministry of Defense.


British actor Charles Dance read the poem "Mandalay," crd Kipling. The poem was once turned into a song and used to be a favorite marching tune for British forces in the 14th Army in Burma (now Myanmar).


Prince Charles and David Cameron laid wreaths at the service on behalf of the nation and the government respectively.


"This 70th anniversary of the real end of World War Two is a good time to show our renewed, sometimes belated, gratitude for what was achieved in South East Asia as well as in Europe," said Patricia Knatchbull, daughter of Louis Mountbatten who used to be the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia in the 1940s.


After the service on Horse Guards Parade, veterans and their families joined a parade from Whitehall to Westminster Abbey, with thousands of people lining along the roads cheering for them.


Britain suffered huge losses in the war against Japan during WWII, including tens of thousands of British and Commonwealth casualties on the battlefield and more than 12,000 POWs who died in Japanese camps.


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