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> Global users shun data services and fewer than 10 percent of users in the Far East are using services besides SMS. Article

> Digital media is empowering users. The mantra "content is king" is dead while "the customer is king" is taking the throne. Long live the king! Article

> Mobio Networks, a MoCo company that has just emerged from stealth mode, has raked in $8 million in a first round of venture capital co-led by Storm Ventures and InterWest Partners. Site

> Vivendi Universal Games (VUG) Mobile unit officially launches today with former i-Play executive, Paul Maglione. Release

And Finally... Wal-Mart enlists the help of bloggers to patch up its bruised reputation. Article