Mellisa Tolentino

Mellisa Tolentino started at SiliconANGLE covering the mobile and social scene. Over the years, her scope expanded to Bitcoin as well as the Internet of Things. SiliconANGLE gave Mellisa her break in writing and it has been an adventure ever since. She’s from the sunny country of Philippines where people always greet you with the warmest smile. If she’s not busy writing, she loves reading, watching TV series and movies, but what she enjoys the most is playing or just chilling on the couch with with her three dogs Ceecee, Ginger, and Rocky.

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Worried Nest will sell your data? Try these 3 smart thermostat alternatives

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

It’s not new that Google has acquired Nest for $3.2 billion – in cash. This is great news for the Nest team, but what does the acquisition mean for consumers? Will Google dare to help itself to all of Nest’s power consumption …

Matt Mullenweg finally old enough to run Automattic as CEO : Focus on new products

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Automattic, the company behind the blogging tool WordPress.com, is undergoing some major changes in its leadership, but no one’s leaving the company. In a blog post, Matt Mullenweg, Automattic’s founder, announced that he will be replacing Toni Schneider as the company’s CEO. …

New solutions for SmartHome surveillance + tunes

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

This week’s SmartHome roundup features a connected camera to keep an eye on everything, a voice controlled thermostat, and a little gadget that let’s you stream music throughout your house. simplicam ArcSoft introduced a new surveillance device at CES 2014. Called …

BlackBerry sticks to its guns: Its QWERTY keyboards are going nowhere

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

BlackBerry had high hopes for 2013. The company started the year with the launch of the BlackBerry Z10, its first fully touchscreen smartphone, followed by the appointment of Alicia Keys as its global creative director, and officially changing its name from Research …

Microsoft Threshold coming in April 2015, Windows 8.1 dubbed as the new Vista

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Recent reports showed that the PC business has seen its worst quarter ever, with sales falling by 10 percent. The main reason behind this is that consumers are now more interested in purchasing smartphones and tablets, rather than buying new PCs. As …

SmartWorld Weekly: Big Internet of Things @ #CES2014

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

This week’s SmartWorld Series features new gadgets, partnerships and software in the Internet of things announced at CES 2014. If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each …

Can’t trust Snapchat? Here’s 3 alternatives

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Self-destructing messages sounds like something from a Mission Impossible flick. But the technology for eliminating your paper trails is no longer reserved for CIA agents. Now it’s teenagers looking to lose their digital “paper trails,” reacting to the social confines of growing up …

Gmail and Google+ integrated further: Now anyone can send you spam

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Google has found yet another way to shove its Google+ social network down people’s throats with recent changes made to Gmail. In a blog post, Google addresses the presumed many who forget they don’t have the email address of an intended recipient. …

Snapchat almost apologizes, sort of

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

The Snapchat team has finally apologized for the breach that happened last December. Well, the team said sorry for the inconvenience at least, but it kept schtum about its lax security measures. Here’s an excerpt from the company’s blog: “Our team continues …

3 dream features for Galaxy S5

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Samsung EVP for mobile business Lee Young Hee confirmed that the Galaxy S5 will be arriving during the first quarter of 2014, probably in April. Lee mentioned that the company is looking into iris scanning, but is not sure whether the feature …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Worried Nest will sell your data? Try these 3 smart thermostat alternatives

Matt Mullenweg finally old enough to run Automattic as CEO : Focus on new products

New solutions for SmartHome surveillance + tunes

BlackBerry sticks to its guns: Its QWERTY keyboards are going nowhere

Microsoft Threshold coming in April 2015, Windows 8.1 dubbed as the new Vista

SmartWorld Weekly: Big Internet of Things @ #CES2014

Can’t trust Snapchat? Here’s 3 alternatives

Gmail and Google+ integrated further: Now anyone can send you spam

Snapchat almost apologizes, sort of

3 dream features for Galaxy S5

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