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

Why You’re Right to Be Worried About the Stock Market Today

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

There is a recession coming, and the reason is the tax cut. Businesses invest because they see opportunity, not cash on their books.

Walt Disney Co Is a Short-Term Marvel, but Comcast Fight Looms

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Walt Disney Co's movies and theme parks are hitting home runs, but it must still get its media properties across the streaming gorge for DIS stock to perk up.

How the T-Mobile Us Inc Merger Changes the Landscape for Wireless Carriers

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

T-Mobile and Sprint have a combined market share nearly equal to that of Verizon or AT&T, and the merging of the two should provide major competition.

The Bulls Are Getting Restless About Tesla Inc Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla Inc can't succeed as an automobile company unless it can scale production of its cars while maintaining quality. So far, it hasn't been able to and TSLA stock has suffered.

Square Inc Weebly Buy Could Be Red Flag On International Revenue Streams

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Square's Weebly acquisition puts its source of revenue under the microscope as it needs growth to keep the SQ stock price rising.

5 Bitcoin Stocks to Buy for Low-Risk Cryptocurrency Profits

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

These bitcoin stocks make hardware, speculate in cryptocurrency, make bitcoin markets or focus on blockchain technology.

Microsoft Corporation Earnings: Mr. Softee Becomes Mr. Cloud

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

MSFT is rallying after a clear earnings beat as analysts digested Microsoft's slower-than-expected growth in cloud revenue.

How Alphabet Inc Is Avoiding the Facebook Trap

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The $7.7-billion "spending spree" that caused GOOGL stock to drop $50 per share Apr. 24 actually makes Google a cross between Amazon and Apple.

A Beat Can’t Keep Qualcomm Inc. Strongly Over $50

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Qualcomm's good earnings could not overcome reports that chipmakers worldwide will abandon its chips and see it in court.

Boston Beer Company Inc Is Looking Beyond Beer With New Products

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Boston Beer Company's management team has kept SAM's beer production lean and started producing cider and other nontraditional beverages.

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