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

Despite Big Gains, Major Questions Remain for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

You can buy SSNLF stock for Samsung's persistent growth in the face of intense competition, or sell Samsung for its own missteps and fear of Chinese competition.

Visa Inc Stock Profits Still Look Untouchable in an Uncertain Future

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Visa stock is being hurt by fintech startups in development markets, but the cloudy future has yet to impact the stock.

Does Oracle Corp. Have The Chance It Wants to Lead the Cloud Race?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Oracle' Cloud claims big enterprise benefits over what rivals offer, but at a proprietary price. That's not going to help ORCL stock.

The Huge Problem for Starbucks Corporation Stock Is China, Not Racism

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Quick action on a racism incident saved Starbucks stock, but investors should look to China for the real story.

Philip Morris International Inc.: An Industry Goes Up in Smoke

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors are concerned that consumers worldwide may be losing their appetite for tobacco after Philip Morris International earnings disappointed.

Amazon.com, Inc. Is Changing How the Military Shops

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Department of Defense insists it will award its $10 billion cloud contract to a single vendor, and competitors are scrambling to head off Amazon.

A Tech Giant No More: IBM Is Too Small to Compete in the Cloud Era

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IBM chose to hand shareholders billions of dollars early in this decade rather than invest heavily in cloud, and has thus lost its place among the tech giants.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Is Breaking Out Beyond China

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba is still young, scrappy and hungry, and taking a shot at every e-commerce and computing niche it can find. Some of BABA's bets will be losers, but is has so many bets, there will be many winners. No matter how you look at it, BABA stock is a buy.

Netflix Inc. Proves Skeptics Wrong and the Stock Jumps

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Netflix has an "infrastructure light" business model that invests in content rather than delivery mechanisms, and it's still working.

UnitedHealth Group Inc Stock: Wall Street’s Biggest Moat

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

UnitedHealth (UNH) has 15.5% of the U.S. health insurance market, solid margins and vertical integration. It blew past estimates and raised them.

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