Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

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

New Antitrust Suit Makes Google the New Microsoft

Google must answer for its monopoly in a consumer service that put companies out of business. The government must decide how to fund free services without cash flow.

Why Alexa Will Continue to Power Amazon Stock Higher Beyond 2020

Amazon's Alexa is the dominant voice interface, a new industry with a decade-long runway of profits. That's good news for AMZN stock.

Starbucks Is the New Coca-Cola of Consumer Stocks

Starbucks lost money in its June quarter but it's still raising the dividend next month, an indication that the worst of the pandemic is over.

Here’s Why Proctor & Gamble Stock Analysts Yawned Over Its Big Q3 Beat

Proctor & Gamble stock is the kind of name you accumulate slowly, on weakness, to give a portfolio balance and ballast.

The Rise of Online Shopping Gives UPS Stock a Boost

Consumers are now ordering the goods they didn't buy during the height of the pandemic, and UPS is a big beneficiary.