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

Snap Inc (SNAP) Stock Is Signaling the Unicorn Crash

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The pain in SNAP stock isn't localized. Unicorn companies control some $772 billion in value, hoping to emulate Snap's success. But the exit may already be closed.

Kroger Co (KR) Stock Is a Screaming Bargain After Q1 Earnings Plunge

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kroger shares fell 12% Thursday after cutting full-year guidance. But KR stock will remain one of the best ways to wait out a coming storm.

Deflation: The Economy’s Greatest Threat Right Now

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The effects of Moore's Law accelerate with time, and are overwhelming the private business models of the global economy.

General Electric Company (GE) Stock Bets on a Second Oil Boom

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The General Electric-Baker Hughes combo could transform the oilpatch - if it wants to be transformed. But what does that mean for GE stock?

Kroger Co (KR) Stock Is Your Shield Against a Downturn

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kroger is a good choice for the recession-conscious investor, as it prepares to report earnings on June 15. Where will KR stock head?

How Can Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock Possibly Be Overvalued?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

When everyone is in on something, that's when it hits a ceiling and falls. Amazon stock took 10 years to reach its 1999 valuation.

General Electric Company (GE) Boots Immelt, Gives Flannery the Nuke Code

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

General Electric is replacing CEO Jeff Immelt, and GE stock holders are rejoicing. But will John Flannery scatter GE to the winds?

Can Facebook Inc (FB) Fix its Own Feedback Loop?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Can Facebook fix it's intrinsic radicalization? This existential issue threatens its financial health, FB stock price and world peace.

Tech Bubble? What About the China Bubble?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

China's internet companies combine the excitement of the 1990s' internet boom with the market maturing of the 2010s' cloud boom. Is it a China bubble? Maybe, maybe not.

Everyone Wants the Blockchain

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Blockchain is the first Internet technology that's cheap enough to innovate off that anyone, anywhere, can get into the market.

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