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

3 Back-to-School Tips to Teach Your Teen Responsibility

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Going back to school is rough. Start your kids off right by teaching financial responsibility in college so you don't pay for it later.

Why Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) Will Keep Rolling Higher

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) is on its way to becoming the Gilead of cystic fibrosis, which could mean solid gains for VRTX stock.

Walt Disney Co (DIS) Lays a Q3 Egg, Gives Netflix the Boot

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney overshadowed its own Q3 report Tuesday by announcing a Netflix pullout and plans for its own streaming service. DIS stock holders turned tail.

AT&T Inc. (T) Stock Could Go the Comcast Way After Its Merger

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Some see the acquisition of Time Warner as a threat to AT&T's dividend, now yielding 5%. I disagree and see T stock as a good opportunity.

Why Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Will Never Truly Pick Itself Up Again

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twitter (TWTR) has become a one-way medium of hot takes and trolls; user growth has stalled and hopes for a TWTR stock buyout are dim.

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