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

Alibaba: Betting on the Yuan

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba stock is becoming increasingly like Amazon, in the best possible way, BABA's margins are declining, but its top line is accelerating.

The Internet Bundle Is Replacing the Cable Bundle

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon are taking advantage of the end of net neutrality to re-create the cable bundle in their internet contracts.

Intel Looks Good From the Outside, But It’s Rotting From the Inside

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Intel needs to find an engineer as its next CEO because it's losing ground to competitors across the board. For now, investors should avoid Intel stock.

You’re Running Out of Good Reasons to Own Oracle Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Oracle has fought a decades-long war against open source and the cloud technology that emerged from it. It's now clear it lost that war.

What Does the Turkish Lira Crisis Actually Mean for Investors?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The story of Turkey is also the story of the U.S. shifting its key alliance to Saudi Arabia, which sees Turkey as part of an Alliance of Evil.

ThingWorx Makes PTC Stock a Great Buy for Growth Investors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PTC bought Thingworx in 2014 and has turned it into a premier player for automating the work of factories and other workplaces, making PTC stock an attractive play.

RIOT Blockchain Stock Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

RIOT Blockchain today is mainly a Bitcoin miner, at a time when Bitcoin prices continue to deteriorate.

The Trade War Is Turning Chinese Stocks Into Bargains

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The main impact of the U.S.-China trade war so far has been to turn leading Chinese stocks into relative bargains.

Facebook Is Still Playing a Game That’s Far Too Risky

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FB stock has had a rough time lately, and the pain is only starting. Facebook is spending like a phone company and becoming a phone company, but it's backed solely by advertising on its free services.

The Walt Disney Company Has Become the New Battlefield Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney still lacks the internet assets necessary to maximize the value of its Fox buy, which makes DIS stock a risky play.

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