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

Tony Scott Named New VMware CIO

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

To kick off VMworld 2013, VMware announced a new addition to its executive lineup that would help them push efforts to compete with Amazon. Today, the company announced that former Microsoft CIO Tony Scott will be joining the company filling up the …

A Bear of Many Colors : Teach Kids to Conserve Energy + Other Smart Home Solutions

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

In this week’s SmartHome roundup, we’ll be featuring a sad polar bear that teaches kids to conserve energy, a way for people to automate their homes and offices, and several new security gadgets to keep your home safe. Bobo the polar bear …

3 Nails in Ballmer’s Coffin: Mobile, Music & Windows

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Last week, Microsoft announced that CEO Steve Ballmer would be stepping down within the next 12 months, or as soon as the special committee, led by John Thompson, found his replacement. Some have already drummed up possible candidates to fill his position …

Can’t Post A Photo of Your Dinner on Instagram? You’re Not The Only One

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

If you’re finding it hard to see what your friend’s are up to on Instagram, or you’ve failed to post images of that bowl of ice cream you devoured earlier, it’s because Instagram was one of a number of popular web services …

Challenges Ballmer Leaves for Microsoft’s Cloud + Services Restructuring

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

You’ve probably already heard that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be stepping down from his position within the next 12 months. The company’s Board of Directors has formed a special committee that will be responsible for hunting down candidates suitable for the …

Ballmer’s Last Stand is Cut Short : Early Reactions + Potential Replacements

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will be retiring in the next 12 months. Translation: he’ll be leaving the position as soon as a replacement has been found (more details and Ballmer’s email to Microsoft employees here). In the meantime, Ballmer …

SmartWorld Weekly Review: Sound Tripping, Sex Training + More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

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 week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and …

Extreme Tech: RFID Chip Implants to Store Your Most Secretive Files

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

When we think about files and storage, we always imagine devices like USB keys, external hard drives, the cloud, SD cards, mobile devices and so on. The problem with these types of storage devices is that one could easily lose an SD …

Windows Phone Surpasses Apple – But Only in Latin America

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

This might be hard to believe, but Windows Phone has just become the second most-widely used mobile OS in all of Latin America. Research firm IDC recently released its Mobile Phone Tracker report, which showed that during the second quarter of 2013, …

There’ll Be No Ubuntu Edge, But What’s Next For Ubuntu Phones?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

The Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding project has failed. Canonical failed to raise the $32 million funding goal it had set for itself in just one month. But did it fail miserably? No, not at all. On the contrary, Canonical managed to set a …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Tony Scott Named New VMware CIO

A Bear of Many Colors : Teach Kids to Conserve Energy + Other Smart Home Solutions

3 Nails in Ballmer’s Coffin: Mobile, Music & Windows

Can’t Post A Photo of Your Dinner on Instagram? You’re Not The Only One

Challenges Ballmer Leaves for Microsoft’s Cloud + Services Restructuring

Ballmer’s Last Stand is Cut Short : Early Reactions + Potential Replacements

SmartWorld Weekly Review: Sound Tripping, Sex Training + More

Extreme Tech: RFID Chip Implants to Store Your Most Secretive Files

Windows Phone Surpasses Apple – But Only in Latin America

There’ll Be No Ubuntu Edge, But What’s Next For Ubuntu Phones?

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