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

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Stock Proves Bubbles Can Last Awhile

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Like other Chinese Internet stocks, Alibaba's value has become unmoored from reality. That doesn't mean you have to sell BABA stock today.

GoPro Inc (GPRO): The Dark Side of Moore’s Law

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

GoPro cameras have quickly become commodities, faced with cheap foreign competition. GPRO stock won't survive unless the company evolves.

Is Facebook Inc (FB) Stock Really as Strong as We Think?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FB stock is the best-performing big tech stock, but Facebook's services are not essential to life or business, and it must dance fast to stay ahead of censors.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Stock Had a Record Quarter

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

JPMorgan Chase had a record second quarter that shattered earnings expectations, but JPM stock is actually down on the news.

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Could Buy AT&T Inc. (T). Here’s Why It Won’t

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Alphabet (GOOGL) has plenty of market cap to buy either AT&T (T) or Comcast (CMCSA), proving the internet's profits lie in content, not carriage.

What the Failure of Snap Inc (SNAP) Stock Means for Other Unicorns

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The failure of Snap (SNAP) stock to get a public market return raises questions of whether private "unicorns" can succeed in today's markets.

PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL) Stock Smells Like a Massive Bubble, But …

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PayPal's business keeps advancing, and Square deal speculation is fascinating. But PYPL stock is stuck inside a transaction processing bubble that very well could pop.

Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Is Nothing But a Waste of Time

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twitter beats expectations, but loses money and has stopped growing. Traders may like TWTR stock, but investors should not care a bit.

Ambev SA (ADR) (ABEV) Stock: Invest Without the Froth

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investing with 3G Capital companies, whether through BUD, ABEV, KHC or QSR is a great way to make money.

The Rise and Fall (And Rise and Fall) of Ethereum

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Ethereum is the cryptocurrency of the moment, rising, falling, and rising sharply as institutions pile-in and speculators trade it avidly.

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