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

Facebook, Inc. Stock: Will Users Keep Filling Its Cloud?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook remains a media company that calls itself something more like a phone network. Its problems are at the heart of its business model.

Kinder Morgan Inc Is Slowly Recovering From the Oil Bust

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kinder Morgan's headlines are all about its efforts to build a new pipeline in Canada, but the story is the hope for higher natural gas prices.

2 Big Reasons Ford Motor Company Stock Probably Is as Safe as Ever

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even if CEO Jim Hackett can't do a deal with Silicon Valley, the Ford stock dividend looks safe for the next few years, and it yields over 5%.

Is Walt Disney Co Really Winning the Media Merger Dance?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Comcast seems to want Sky to make its sports effort competitive, but Netflix is beating both it and Disney (DIS) with technology, and without expensive infrastructure.

Why Trump Tweets Make Amazon.com, Inc. Stock a Hot Bargain

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon (AMZN) has almost 1 million small companies riding its infrastructure, 500,000 employees and a 20% growth rate. Buy the Trump dip.

This Pointless War with Apple Really Undermines Qualcomm, Inc. Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

With Broadcom in its rear-view mirror Qualcomm faces a new corporate era where technology is a national security issue.

New Corporate Franchise Focus Will Boost McDonald’s Corporation Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook can think strategically with more stores in the hands of corporate franchisees, who grow his bottom line.

Take Profits in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Stock While You Can

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

21st Century Fox has reached its peak value with both Disney and Comcast bids for its key assets on the table.

3D Systems Corporation Goes Back to the Beginning

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The 3D printing revolution is now an evolution and 3D Systems Corporation is trying to revive 3D stock by competing in additive manufacturing of high-precision parts.

How ‘Amazon Obsession’ Is a Drag on Walmart Inc Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

A former Walmart CEO wants Amazon broken-up, but Walmart is 3 times bigger and Amazon does more for small businesses than Walmart ever did

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