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

The Pandemic Is Exposing Lyft and Uber Stock’s Big Flaws

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

As bad as things are for Lyft stock and Uber stock, they're worse for drivers. The pandemic is exposing that these business models don't work.

Virgin Galactic Stock Will Crash and Burn After Q1 Earnings

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Richard Branson's dream of commercial space flight once sounded glorious. Now it sounds like a great way to lose money with SPCE stock.

Shell Knows It’s a Zombie as Long as It Focuses on Fossil Fuels

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Shell admits that oil demand may never recover. It is cutting the Shell stock dividend and increasing investments in renewable power to create a sustainable future for itself.

Government Bailout Gives American Airlines Stock Speculative Chances

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

American Airlines has gotten enough government aid to get through September. Past that, don't put money into it you can't afford to lose.

Exxon Mobil is a Classic Yield Trap That May Not Last Much Longer

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The oil producer thinks it can make money with oil at $40 a barrel but futures prices aren't showing that price until the end of 2023. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil stock has an alluring dividend.

Load More