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

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Is a Bigger Cloud Company Than You Think

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple is no longer dependent solely on consumer products. It has quietly become a leader in the cloud.

NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA): Could Become Bigger Than Intel

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NVIDIA is in a sweet spot of the market. Its graphics chips have many applications, and it doesn't have to build factories.

In the Exqifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) Scandal, the Customer Knows Last

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Equifax lacks the internal resources to deal effectively with the security scandal now enveloping it. It needs a white knight.

Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) Ready for a Hurricane Bounce?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Home Depot results are boring, in the best possible way, growing a steady 6% per year with stable margins.

Adobe Systems Inc. Earnings Beat… But Look Closer at ADBE

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) regularly beats earnings expectations, and just did so again. But does that really make ADBE stock a buy?

Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) Stock Is Worth the Risk Despite Patent Challenge

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Qualcomm is growing cheaper as legal attacks on it grow. Look for QCOM stock to spring back quickly if it ultimately gets a fair ruling.

This Is Why Traders Have Stopped buying Bitcoin

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bitcoin is a bet against government control of money. Governments can call that bet, but cryptocurrencies are not going away.

Why Cheniere Energy Is a Lot Riskier than You Think

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Cheniere Energy has gone all-in on Liquefied Natural Gas, hoping for a long-term boom in Asia and Europe. But will it get the margins it needs to pay its debts?

Alibaba Principals May Start Cashing Out

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alibaba is closely controlled, with Masayoshi Son, the former Yahoo, and its founders all holding big stakes they might want to sell.

Can Apple Inc. (AAPL) Redefine the Future With iPhone X and Its Watch?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple (AAPL) has made phones the center of our tech universe, and it is now going to put that power on your wrist with the Apple Watch.

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