'The ?Jacques Bénédict ? Time Force Group? obtains Favre Leuba license (Europa Star) The necessary restructuring of strengths imposed by the new architecture of the international watch market is favouring the birth of new ?mini-groups?. Some have positioned themselves at the upper end, others near the lower end of the product spectrum.
'Strong Start for Mobile Internet: Global Community Shows Demand for .mobi Domains (SYS-CON Media) Individuals and businesses in more than 100 countries around the world registered more than 100,000 .mobi domains in the first four days of the domain's general availability, demonstrating a strong demand for the next evolution of the Internet. In contrast, it took ten years for the general public to register 100,000 PC-based domain names in the early days of the Internet.
'New Antony, Devendra Songs Included on Benefit Comp (Pitchfork) Looks like the experimental-bizarro music version of Live 8 is finally here. Jnana Records, a division of Current 93 mastermind David Tibet's Durtro empire, has announced the release of the massive compilation Not Alone , which will benefit the humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontierès (or Doctors Without Borders to those of us in the USA).