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

Microsoft: King of the Cloud, King of the World

Microsoft earnings blew past analyst estimates and raised the stock 3%, after it was already the world's most valuable company.

Bank of America Stock: Defense Still Wins Championships

You don't want all your money in Bank of America stock, but defense wins championships and keeps your portfolio strong. Bank of America worries about falling interest rates but is spending $10 billion to keep up with the fintechs in technology.

AT&T Stock is Now the Content Play Formerly Known as a Tech Stock

AT&T is extracting money from customers as best it can, spinning retreats as advances while quietly laying people off, all in the name of maintaining its 6% T stock dividend

AAPL Stock: Apple Software Becomes Lifestyle

Apple is capitalizing on its stable iPhone market share with financial and entertainment software. Apple products can be more than phones or watches or PCs, but a lifestyle for those seduced by its design and brand promise.

Amazon Prime Day’s Secret Weapon

As the sun sets on another Prime Day, with courts and legislators closing in to call Amazon a monopoly, third-party sellers and small merchants are its secret weapon. They should no longer be a secret to Amazon shareholders.