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

Unbundling the Cost of Time for Walt Disney Co

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney and Fox are thinking of teaming up to take on Netflix, but none has a play in gaming, consumers' real time bite.

How the Bitcoin Bubble Will Burst

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The failure of ICOs to meet their promises threatens to crash the value of the Bitcoins being used to fund them.

Apple Inc. Is the Key to the Broadcom/Qualcomm, Inc. Deal

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Qualcomm is a bargain thanks to its ongoing legal battle with Apple, and Malaysia's Hock Tan has swooped in to grab it.

Will J C Penney Company Inc Stock Survive?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JCP stock's long-term plan has been battered by short-term weakness, one problem being JCPenney's location in failing malls.

One Good Quarter Is Not Enough for an Investment in BP plc (ADR) Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

BP is taking on increased international risk, as BP stock tries to make up for a lost decade since Deepwater Horizon.

Don’t Buy Twitter Inc Stock for This Simple Reason

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twitter proposed to Congress that it can police its ads, but it can't police its content so it doesn't even run itself.

General Electric Company: The Fall of the Myth of Immelt

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Former CEO Jeff Immelt nearly destroyed GE by turning it into an energy company. Activist investors are giving it a second chance.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Still Flawed

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

International Business Machines Corp. is doing better than it has in years, but IBM remains a fundamenally flawed company.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Stock Is Not Just About Bitcoin

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

AMD is pressing Intel with chips for game consoles, data centers and even laptops. But you can only come back from the dead once.

Walt Disney Co Stock Can Not Rise on Streaming Alone

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney is betting its library can persuade people to pay it a monthly fee for new content.

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