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Insights Jun 29, 2007

The Mobile Internet Revolution

Winzheng Fund's prescient 2007 analysis on how the iPhone launch marks the beginning of the mobile internet era and its investment implications.

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Insights May 15, 2007

Google's $3.1B DoubleClick Bet: The Real Battle for Digital Advertising

Google's announcement this month to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion — nearly double what most observers expected — represents far more than defensive maneuvering against Micro

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Insights Apr 15, 2007

The ARM-TSMC Alliance: Mobile Computing's Inflection Point

TSMC's 65nm production ramp and ARM's Cortex-A8 architecture represent more than incremental semiconductor progress. Together, they form the manufacturing and design foundation for

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Insights Mar 15, 2007

Netflix's Streaming Pivot: When Distribution Becomes Destiny

Netflix's January launch of streaming video represents far more than a feature addition to its DVD-by-mail service. For institutional investors, this transition illuminates three c

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Insights Feb 15, 2007

Microsoft's $240M Facebook Investment: Strategic Genius or Desperation?

Microsoft's October acquisition of a 1.6% stake in Facebook at a $15 billion valuation shocked observers. Three months later, the strategic implications are becoming clear: this wa

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Insights Jan 15, 2007

Apple's iPhone: A Platform Bet Disguised as a Hardware Launch

Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at Macworld on January 9th to considerable fanfare, but most commentary fixates on Nokia and Motorola. The deeper story lies in Apple's entry into pl

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Insights Dec 15, 2006

Google's YouTube Acquisition: The $1.65B Bet on User-Generated Media

Google's October acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock represents far more than an expensive acqui-hire or defensive play against competitors. The deal crystallizes thr

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Insights Nov 15, 2006

Google's YouTube Acquisition: The $1.65B Bet on User-Generated Media

Google's October acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock represents more than an expensive talent grab or defensive move against competitors. It marks the first major val

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Insights Oct 15, 2006

Google's YouTube Acquisition: The $1.65B Bet on User-Generated Video

Google's announcement this month to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock represents the largest acquisition of a pre-revenue internet company since the dot-com era. While man

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Insights Sep 15, 2006

Google's YouTube Acquisition: The Platform Economy Takes Shape

Google's acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion represents far more than an expensive talent and traffic purchase. This transaction crystallizes three converging trends that will

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Insights Aug 15, 2006

Cloud Infrastructure as Platform: Amazon's Bold Departure from Retail

Amazon's launch of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) this month, following S3's debut in March, represents the most significant infrastructure innovation since the commercialization of t

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Insights Jul 15, 2006

YouTube's $1.65B Google Deal: Platform Economics Reimagined

Google's October acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock represents more than an expensive bet on user-generated content. It crystallizes a new investment thesis: platfor

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Insights Jun 15, 2006

Amazon Web Services and the Commoditization of Computing

Amazon's March launch of S3, followed by EC2 in beta, represents more than infrastructure innovation—it marks an inflection point where computing becomes a variable cost. For insti

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Insights May 15, 2006

Amazon's Infrastructure Play: Reading the AWS S3 Tea Leaves

Amazon's March launch of Simple Storage Service passed largely unnoticed outside developer circles. But the economic and architectural implications suggest we're witnessing the eme

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Insights Apr 15, 2006

The Infrastructure Inversion: How Amazon Turned Operations Into Products

Amazon's March launch of Simple Storage Service, followed by Elastic Compute Cloud in beta, represents more than incremental cloud services. It marks the beginning of a structural

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