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Amazon is due to move to a new office on Bishopsgate in the City of London. Silicon Valley giants Google and Amazon could significantly pull back on their UK operations if the country leaves the European Union this week. Both companies have pledged to build new UK headquarters in the near future that would house thousands of "Googlers" and "Amazonians" but the expensive projects could be abandoned in favour of offices in cities like Paris and Berlin if there's a Brexit. Needless to say, such a decision would likely have a significant impact on the UK economy. Last month, Eileen Burbidge, partner at Passion Capital and chair of Tech City UK, said in a statement: "London is the biggest tech centre in Europe and attracts the brightest and best talent. Founders and investors fear that advantage would be lost if the UK leaves the EU. We don't really know what would happen and that uncertainty is dangerous. Would companies mov

You can connect your Android phone to Google, which lets you send information from your computer to your phone. For example, you can send directions you searched for on your computer to Google Maps on your phone. Link your Android phone Step 1: Update the Google app On your phone, go to the  Google app page on the Play Store . Touch  Update . Step 2: Turn on Google Now On your phone, open the Google app  . In the top left corner, touch the  Menu icon   > Settings > Now cards . Turn on  Show cards . Turn on  Show notifications . Step 3: Turn on Web & App Activity Visit the  Account History page . Make sure the switch is on (green). Step 4: Sign in to your browser On your phone, open the Google app  . In the top left corner, touch the  Menu icon   . In the top left corner, you'll see the email address that you use for the Google app. Visit  www.google.com  on your computer. If you aren't signed in already, click  Sign in  in the

Google CEO Sundar Pichai just  responded  to Donald Trump's suggestion that Muslims be banned from entering the United States. In a blog post on Medium Friday night, Pichai wrote, "Let's not let fear defeat our values," inferring that the anti-Muslim rhetoric so closely associated with Trump's presidential campaign is "disheartening." Pichai continued, "The open-mindedness, tolerance, and acceptance of new Americans is one of the country's greatest strengths and most defining characteristics." That's no coincidence, Pichai added, "America, after all, was and is a country of immigrants." Pichai grew up in India and came to the US 22 years ago. He was named CEO of Google in August. Earlier this week, GOP primary frontrunner Donald Trump proposed that Muslims should be banned from entering the US. After the political backfiring commenced, Trump dug his heels in deeper, even firing a warning shot at Republicans fo

In about two years, Android will look completely different. According to the Wall Street Journal , Google plans to merge Android with Chrome OS, its operating system for laptops called Chromebooks. When that happens, Android will be Google's unified operating system that runs on just about any device. Right now, Android runs on phones, tablets, smartwatches, TVs, smart appliances, and infotainment systems in cars, to name a few. Computers are the missing link. If that approach sounds familiar, that's because it's the same one Microsoft introduced this year with the launch of Windows 10. Windows 10 is designed to run on practically anything with a screen. (Phones, computers, TVs, and even the Xbox One.) But the unified operating system idea isn't an option at Apple - at least not yet. Apple still has two major separate operating systems, iOS (for iPhones and iPads) and Mac OS X (for laptops and desktop computers). And Apple wants to keep it that way.

1.  Google could see even more investigations from Europe's antitrust regulators.   Margrethe Vestager gave an interview in which she said that the EU is looking at a broad range of services from Google and parent company Alphabet. 2.  Microsoft has opened a big flagship store in New York.  This is what it's like inside. 3.  Apple will announce its Q4 results tonight.  Here's our big preview of what to expect. 4.  JPMorgan Chase & Co said it will launch a competitor to Apple Pay.  The largest US bank is launching software that will let customers pay for things using their smartphones, just like Apple Pay does. 5.  Google is about to get a lot more serious about designing and potentially building chips.  A job posting suggests that Google is expanding its hardware business. 6.  The European Parliament will vote today on net neutrality rules.  As well as rules on broadband speed, the proposals also include a plan to abolish mobile roaming charges. 7.  Poli

A   new job listing   shows Google is seeking a "multimedia chip architect" who can "lead a chip development effort" and "work with other engineers to take chip to product shipment." The phrasing of the job posting suggests Google is about to get a lot more serious about designing and perhaps building its own processors, following in Apple's footsteps. The job posting comes from the company's Pixel team, which  recently announced its high-end productivity tablet, thePixel C ,  a person close to the matter tells Business Insider. The chip effort suggests a significant expansion of Google's ambitions in the hardware business, giving it a deeper-level of control over its products as it competes more directly with Apple, which develops everything from the silicon to the software found in iPhones and iPads. "Normally, I wouldn't read too much into a job posting because often system designers need people with chip-level exp

Universal App Campaign is Google’s latest take on app-advertising for developers. The feature was announced back in May at the company’s I/O Developer Conference and today, the web giant has made the tool publicly available. It can be accessed by anyone using the Google Play Developer Console starting today. Another development from the company is that Google has also released a new performance report for developers that will allow them to judge the popularity and other public stats of their Play Store listings and promotions. Google’s main motto regarding the Universal App Campaign, according to product manager for Google Play Ellie Powers, was that the company wanted to allow developers to say “here is my money and this is what I want to pay per user,” and then Google would take it from there and bring the developers’ visions into reality. The new approach makes advertising as easy as possible and this is what differentiates it from other ad-based products. The only drawbac

Beginning with 100 stations in the initial phase of the project by end-2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Sundar Pichai CEO Google in Mountain View, California. Photo: PTI Internet giant Google has announced it will help Indian Railways set up Wi-Fi broadband services at 400 railway stations in India over the next few years beginning with 100 stations in the initial phase of the project by end-2016. “Even with just the first 100 stations online, this project will make Wi-Fi available for more than 10 million people who pass through every day. This will rank it as the largest public Wi-Fi project in India, and among the largest in the world, by number of potential users,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog. He added the company announced its plan on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in line with the Digital India initiative to bring one billion Indians, who still lack internet connectivity, online. Around 100 milli