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

CBS Stock: Broadcasting Circling the Drain

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even combining CBS and Viacom would result in a $30 billion minnow in competition with Walt Disney, Comcast, and the Cloud Czars dominating the new world of streaming.

Amazon Investors Should Buy Into Earnings Weakness, Sell Into Strength

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sell AMZN stock if it beats estimates because it's fully valued, but buy Amazon if it whiffs because its infrastructure guarantees future growth.

The Different Faces of Dollar General

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dollar General can prosper in poverty, but it can also absorb the money of the middle class in small towns that can't support a Walmart.

7 Cloud Computing Stocks to Buy for 2019

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Finding the best cloud computing stocks means, first, understanding its niches -- the Czars, the services, and the retinue -- where the growth lies.

National Security as Protectionism Will Keep Driving Qualcomm Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Trump Administration has rushed to the support of Qualcomm in its legal effort to protect its monopoly tieing patent licensing to its communication chips

Microsoft: King of the Cloud, King of the World

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Microsoft earnings blew past analyst estimates and raised the stock 3%, after it was already the world's most valuable company.

Bank of America Stock: Defense Still Wins Championships

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

You don't want all your money in Bank of America stock, but defense wins championships and keeps your portfolio strong. Bank of America worries about falling interest rates but is spending $10 billion to keep up with the fintechs in technology.

AT&T Stock is Now the Content Play Formerly Known as a Tech Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AT&T is extracting money from customers as best it can, spinning retreats as advances while quietly laying people off, all in the name of maintaining its 6% T stock dividend

AAPL Stock: Apple Software Becomes Lifestyle

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple is capitalizing on its stable iPhone market share with financial and entertainment software. Apple products can be more than phones or watches or PCs, but a lifestyle for those seduced by its design and brand promise.

Amazon Prime Day’s Secret Weapon

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

As the sun sets on another Prime Day, with courts and legislators closing in to call Amazon a monopoly, third-party sellers and small merchants are its secret weapon. They should no longer be a secret to Amazon shareholders.

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