Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Technology, Biotech, Renewable energy

Education: M.S,J. Northwestern (Medill School) 1978; B.A. Rice University, History and Political Science 1977

Awards & Accomplishments: Tech reporter since 1982, Freelance since 1983, on Internet since 1985. Created first online coverage of Internet with a magazine, Interactive Age, 1994 Co-wrote BBS Systems for Business in 1991, Wrote Guide to Field Computing in 1992 Wrote technology history now called "Living with Moore's Law" in 2001, 2010, 2021 Author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction

About Dana:
Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978, a technology journalist since 1982, and an Internet journalist since 1985. He writes a Substack newsletter, Facing the Future, which covers technology, markets, and politics.

He has written a half-dozen technology books, several novels available at the Amazon Kindle store, and covered beats ranging from education to e-commerce, and from open source to renewable energy. He lives in Atlanta.

Recent Articles

Has Bed, Bath Stock Gone Beyond?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

BBBY stock survived the pandemic, and Bed, Bath & Beyond is ready to execute the original omnichannel strategy of CEO Mark Tritton.

JD Remains a Solid Investment Despite Corporate ‘Shakeup’

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JD.com is exploiting its government connections to become a digital company, spinning out health care and fintech units for billions of dollars.

All Hail Caesars Entertainment as New Eldorado Owner Deals Winning Hands

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Eldorado has taken on a lot of debt to buy CZR stock and is now betting that a flood of profit from online gambling can retire it.

Buying Impossible Foods: Possible Soon

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors interested in buying Impossible Foods stock will have to wait as the firm focuses on rounds of private funding.

Selling VMware Would Be Big For Dell Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dell stock is currently even more undervalued than IBM, but a spin-off of VMware and some layoffs could cure that problem.

Alphabet May Have Become Overvalued

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

When companies stop innovating, they start dying. Alphabet stock reflects the company's lack of innovation.

To Survive, IBM Needs to Think Outside the Box

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

It will take IBM billions of dollars each quarter to become a major cloud player, and even then it may be too late for IBM stock.

Palantir Stock: Peter Thiel’s Shiny Object Needs Money

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Palantir's S-1 ahead of the PLTR stock debut describes an obsolete technology and business model that may have trouble competing in the commercial AI market.

Shares of Apple Are Overpriced

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple is running like a well-oiled machine, but may be unable to maintain the growth rate justifying the current price of AAPL stock.

5 Cheap Healthcare Stocks Making Money This Year

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Health insurance stocks have made fat profits in 2020, but investors are ignoring analyst recommendations in fear of what may happen next year.

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