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 Failure of America’s Health-IT System and Amazon’s Opportunity

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The real scandal isn't the failure of the stimulus but the response, which was to ditch open-source health-IT solutions that worked for proprietary ones that don't.

Chasing Amazon Is Nothing but Bad News for Walmart Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Walmart has the power to improve its store brands and compete with Costco, but it insists on seeking the capital gains of Amazon, which it's too big to do.

Nio Stock: The Smart Money Bails Leaving Investors To Mull Next Moves

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nio makes a great car that's pitched as a lifestyle and community, but NIO stock investors may have missed their selling window.

iQIYI Stock Is on a Tear, But Don’t Rush to Buy It

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

IQ stock is expensive, but iQIYI stock is well-positioned to exploit multiple trends in the Chinese market, including the country's advanced internet video market.

FedEx Earnings Signal a Changing World

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FDX earnings were hurt by the falling value of international currencies and a customer preference for lower-profit services. But FedEx Stock has other positives.

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