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

Switchback Energy: Is the Line at the Electric Gas Pump Worth Waiting In?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Switchback Energy will soon become ChargePoint. Investors in SBE stock should realize: the company is building gas stations, not selling gas.

Westwater Resources Has Speculative Tech That May Work but Not Right Away

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Westwater Resources says it will purify graphite for battery anodes, drawing it from an east Alabama mine by 2028. WWR stock is a speculative play on that narrative.

United Airlines Stock Investors Should Expect Turbulence Going Into 2021

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

United Airlines stock rides on hopes the carrier's 2020 losses can make future profits tax-free, but it must still pay down huge debts and seek money under every seat cushion.

The Facebook Battle: Big Government vs. the Free Internet

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Without free internet services, billions will lose their access to the global market. Still, governments continue to attack FB stock.

After Governmental Boosts, Lyft Is Getting Back to Even

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Lyft used the pandemic to cut costs and should be profitable in 2021. However, investors are already paying a big multiple for Lyft stock.

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