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

Pension Funds Want Into Private Equity

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Public pension funds, desperate for returns, have been increasingly drawn to private equity deals. Some now want to do the deals themselves.

Once-Stuck Kroger Stock Gets Out of First Gear as Essential During Virus

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Kroger stock is up 20% in 2020, as it consolidates advertising under a single team and prepares profitable online grocery with Ocado.

Nokia Stock and the War Call

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nokia is supporting a vendor-neutral way of building 5G wireless networks, so its political advantages may be short-lived.

It’s Time to Let Kraft Heinz Out of the Penalty Box

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

New CEO Miguel Patricio has aggressively written down assets so that Kraft Heinz will draw maximum financial benefit from pandemic growth.

Google’s Move for ADT Stock Gives Its Nest One Last Chance

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors are excited about ADT stock after Google announced it was buying a stake. But speculators have already overshot the deal.

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