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

ORCL Stock: Why Oracle Corporation Had to Buy Netsuite Inc. (N)

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Oracle bought Netsuite, launched by founder Larry Ellison, to get a place in cloud and try to get its own growth going.

Sorry, But Solar Energy Is a HORRIBLE Investment (FSLR SCTY TSLA)

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Ever since solar energy became popular earlier in this decade, investors have been waiting for it to pay off. So far, it hasn’t.

Alphabet Inc: Why Cloud Apps Are the Next Big Thing for GOOGL Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

For GOOGL stock, what the company is may mean less than what it intends to become. As it reports earnings, watch how Alphabet deploys its capital.

The Coca-Cola Co (KO): Buy KO Stock While the Sheep Are Selling

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Coca-Cola (KO) shares are trading down on earnings, but that's just fine. Long-term buy-and-holders can still do well buying KO stock on dips.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc: Don’t Bet on a Recovery in FCX Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FCX stock is down Tuesday on weak results. If there's any hope for Freeport, it's that traders are right about commodity prices being due for a rebound.

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