Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Fans of the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences can appreciate similarly contrived dynamics in comparing Nokia and RIM (neither of which, contrary to the occasionally expressed opinion, has been murdered despite “Apple and Android” consisting of three words and 15 letters).

Tom Daley marks his return to the scene of his first European title with a personal best score to seal his second continental crown in Eindhoven.

Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe’s banking system is “in tatters” and warns the UK is “heavily exposed” to potential problems.

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged European leaders to act over the “dangerous” economic position.

Going by Microsoft’s Greater China COO Michel van der Bel, the launch of Windows Phone in China is off to an auspicious start — enough to give Apple the shakes. He claims that devices like the Nokia Lumia 800c have helped Windows Phone reach seven percent of the Chinese market, or just enough to get past the six points of the iPhone. We’re waiting on hard data before we take van der Bel’s word: the top smartphone makers worldwide aren’t depending much or at all on Windows Phone, and the iPhone has a thriving gray market in China that masks some of its real numbers

The final significant roadblock to Google’s buyout of Motorola has been cleared, as Chinese regulators have just given their rubber stamp. Their approval follows a few months after the simultaneous American and European clearances, and virtually all that’s left now is to formally close the deal and start integrating the two mobile giants

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna: “We need to see some grown-up statesmanship” to bring world leaders together to resolve the issues surrounding the European debt crisis.

Europe’s debt crisis is to top the agenda at the G8 summit in the US, amid fears that trouble in the eurozone could have global consequences.

Britain’s Chris Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker are fifth in the three-metre synchro final at the European Diving Championships.

More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe’s premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.