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

Ripple Continues to Be No Different From Other Cryptocurrencies

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Ripple wants to be seen as a medium of exchange, but it can't become that until it offers price stability, which it has yet to demonstrate.

Kraft Heinz Stock’s Decline Reflects the Death of Grocery’s Center Aisle

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The center of your grocery store is dying, and 3G Capital's zero-based budgeting at Kraft Heinz hasn't stopped it.

IQ Stock is the Latest Hot Issue from China

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If MTV married HBO and became a streaming service you would have something like IQ, the hottest NASDAQ stock in China right now.

Get into Bank Stocks Soon Because Inflation Is on the Way

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees higher interest rates ahead, but technology will apply growing deflationary pressure on them.

Chesapeake Energy Stock Has A Slight Pulse Again

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Chesapeake Energy is selling natural gas assets in Ohio to expand drilling in the oil-rich Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Here's what CHK stock investors should expect.

David Einhorn and the Deflationary Value of Cloud

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Greenlight Capital lost 19% so far this year as CEO David Einhorn bet on value, and bet against the cloud.

As India Demands Data Localization, Who Are the Winners and Losers?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

India is demanding data localization. Most cloud providers are already in the market, but this could be very bearish for U.S. payment processors.

Qualcomm Will Be Free to Fly With 5G

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Once patent peace is made with Apple, Qualcomm will gain billions of dollars now in escrow and be free to implement world-changing technology.

Why Investors Should Expect Campbell Soup Company to Break Up

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Campbell's has diversified into snack foods under former CEO Denise Morrison, but can investors find value in CPB stock if it unwinds that.

The Death and Resurrection of Bitcoin

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin prices bounced off $7,400 as the Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the NYSE, announced a start-up called Bakkt to provide regulated trading.

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