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

Sony Corp (ADR): Fatter Margins Have Them Back in the Game

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sony's video game consoles dominate the market and boosted Sony Corp (ADR) profits last quarter, but what does that mean for SNE stock?

The Bitcoin Bubble Could Lead to a Recession

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The world needs more investment in goods and services, not more speculation on a bitcoin bubble that could lead to the next recession.

There Are No Guarantees for Amazon.com, Inc. Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

No company is perfect, not even Amazon.com. Investors need to remember that as AMZN stock rises to new heights.

Alibaba Isn’t Like Amazon. It’s Better

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba is more tied to computer infrastructure than Amazon, and less tied to physical infrastructure. It can keep growing very fast.

Alphabet Inc Is Running on Autopilot, Which Should Worry You

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google is the greatest money making machine ever created. But how long can it destroy its raw material?

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc: On the Long Path Unwinding

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Valeant has paid back $5 billion in debt, but still owes $26 billion on sales of $8 billion. So, investors in VRX stock should be cautious.

AT&T’s Time Warner Delay Makes for a Bargain for Investors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If Comcast can own NBC Universal, then AT&T can own Time Warner. The deal will make T stock a bargain for income investors.

Why Netflix, Inc. Stock Is Positioned for Long-Term Growth

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Netflix has saturated the U.S. market and is growing fastest internationally, where it faces well-heeled competitors.

Bitcoin and the Case of the Fork That Wasn’t

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin shows us how even without government there remains government. Government of the strong, by the ruthless, rather than for the people.

For Apple Inc. Stock, It’s All About Growing Services

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

For Apple to keep rising, AAPL stock needs a boost from consumer adoption of augmented reality, which is fully supported by the iPhone X.

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