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

Amazon.com, Inc. Is Leading Big Tech in the Next Big Thing (AMZN)

The voice interface is the key to the future of technology and commerce. Amazon leads, but Google is now serious about overtaking it.

HP Inc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co Split is Working for Investors (HPQ, HPE)

Since the split became official last October, HPE stock is up 39%, and since a February low the printer-PC unit HPQ is up 70%

Facebook Inc’s Days as a Blue-Chip Stock Are Numbered (FB)

Facebook is a 12-year old blue chip, but regulators, tax authorities and critics all look to be ganging up on it.

Is Twitter Inc a Poison Chalice? (TWTR)

The Twitter stock auction is doing wonders for TWTR, but it's sucking the life out of potential acquirers like Alphabet (GOOG) and Salesforce (CRM).

6 Bank Stocks That Can Come Back

When it comes to banking scandals, time heals nearly all wounds. Governments tend to forgive and investors tend to forget.