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

Salesforce.com Is Bigger Than Benioff

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Salesforce is evolving into a physical institution with a global presence, as founder Marc Benioff steps out as a public figure and gives co-CEO Keith Block day-to-day control

Apple Blinks, Pays Qualcomm

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The end of the suit was blamed on Intel's failure to deliver a competitive product, but leaves Qualcomm stock in control of 5G.

After Bank Earnings, Is It Time to Buy?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Banking is gambling, and the big banks are the biggest winners because they're tightly regulated. But can they compete against fintech?

Will Alphabet’s Big Bet on Google Cloud Be Enough?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kurian projects a buttoned-down image of Google Cloud to enterprise customers he's wooing from Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon.

IBM Stock Won’t Rise as Fast as Investors Expect

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IBM hopes to become a growth company again after buying Red Hat, but that transformation has yet to officially begin for IBM stock.

Alibaba Stock Is Making a Comeback

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

BABA is still delivering Apple-like profit margins on Amazon-like growth, and BABA stock has better prospects than fifth-ranked Facebook

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc Is Losing Its Fizz

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Creating Keurig Dr Pepper was a great deal for the German Riemann family, which owns 87% of it, but it's not paying off big for public shareholders

The Alibaba of Africa Just Went Public

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Jumia helped Africans conduct almost $1 billion in business last year, and its hope for growth lies with the continent's entrepreneurial merchants.

Should You Buy United States Steel on This Dip?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Despite record profits, a fortress balance sheet, and super-cheap stock, the U.S. Steel stock dividend hasn't risen in 10 years.

Why Bitcoin Bullishness Is Bearish for the Stock Market

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin bulls are back, pushing their Fountainhead dreams of easy money,. Cryptocurrencies, however,have little real value..

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