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

How Another Fork Affects the Bitcoin Price

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Repeated forks of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are being managed by programmers and entrepreneurs without government protection.

Bitcoin vs. Government: It’s the Technology, Stupid

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

China cracked down on Bitcoin to maintain a government monopoly over money. But that's not the real issue.

Is It Finally Time to Ditch Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX)?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Starbucks is losing its luster, facing challenges in both the U.S. and a China market where it hopes to double sales by 2021.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Goes All in on Orbital

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Adding rockets to its planes and cybersecurity operations is a simple bolt-on for Northrop Grumman, which has been rising since the Orbital deal.

Tesla Inc (TSLA): When The Bubble Pops

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla continues to rise on hype, executing on product plans without showing a profit or even positive operating cash flow.

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Google Is in a World of Hurt

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google seems stuck in neutral, as its cloud trails rivals and political opposition to its ad dominance grows.

Is Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Dip a Tech Buying Opportunity?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If tech does go into a bear market it will take the stock market, and possibly the U.S. economy, down with it.

With Cloud Investment Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) Is Unstoppable

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook has replicated infrastructure it took the world's phone networks a century and enormous government investment to create, all on its own dime

Is Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) the Perfect Amazon Snack?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

With Walgreens paying down most of Rite Aid's debt, the remaining chain is viable. But acquisition by Amazon would be the best outcome.

Kohl’s Inc. (KSS) Trying Different Things, Should You Care?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kohl's is doing better than other mainline retailers and trying new things, but sales are still declining.

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