News Headlines - 06 October 2011

▽Steve Jobs dies: full coverage - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/steve-jobs/8809997/Steve-Jobs-dies-live-blog.html
Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. "The world has lost a visionary," Barack Obama says in tribute.

▽Smartphones most popular platform for videogame developers - The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/smartphones-most-popular-platform-for-videogame-developers-2366500.html
An increasing number of videogame developers in the UK are turning to self-publishing, with the smartphone market emerging as the most popular gaming platform.
A new survey has found that 47 per cent of UK game developers self-publish games and of those, 67 per cent develop for the Apple iPhone.

▽Microsoft to win approval for Skype deal - Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/efbb824a-ef74-11e0-941e-00144feab49a.html
Microsoft is set to win Brussels approval for its planned $8.5bn (€5.9bn) acquisition of online telephone service Skype, highlighting the turnround in its long-strained relations with European competition authorities.

▽Wayne Rooney's father arrested over alleged football betting scam - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/06/wayne-rooney-father-alleged-betting-scam
Police have arrested Wayne Rooney's father, his uncle Richie and seven other people, including a Scottish Premier League player, over allegations of a football betting scam...
Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings was arrested after allegedly getting himself sent off deliberately during the match.

▽Japanese political power-broker Ozawa goes on trial - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15194624
Ichiro Ozawa, one of Japan's most influential politicians, has gone on trial on charges of breaking political fundraising laws.