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

Hadoop Grows Up : Big Data No Longer Limited to Web Scale Companies

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly has been on the road with theCUBE jumping from one event to another, including SAP Sapphire, HP Discover, GE Industrial Internet, MongoNYC and Hadoop Summit, all in an effort to separate the signal from the noise …

Windows 8 Gains Traction as Users Anticipate 8.1 Update

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Windows haters may snide at this one, but the platform is gaining traction whether they like it or not. Yup, you read that right. More users are now installing or buying devices running Windows 8. According to the numbers posted by NetMartketshare, …

Wow, Xbox’s Don Mattrick Joins Zynga as CEO: Even Sony’s CEO Thinks it’s Hilarious

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Zynga’s stocks has risen as much as 12.7 percent after news of change in leadership at the online games company broke out. A report from AllThingsD stated that Zynga has succesfully tapped up Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment unit, which …

The Race to Smartwatch Domination : Can Apple Catch Samsung?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

According to reports, Apple has filed for the “iWatch” trademark in Japan, validating previous rumors regarding a wearable technology in the not so distant future from the Cupertino company. According to Bloomberg, the patent was filed last June 3 with the Japan …

Waterproof Smartphone Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active vs. Sony Xperia ZR

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

A recent report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech states that in Europe, previous users of Samsung devices, specifically the Galaxy SII, upgraded to a Sony Xperia Z rather than another Samsung device such as the Galaxy SIII, S4 or Note. The reason for …

Geeky Grillmaster Gadgets + Fireworks Tips for July 4

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Get your steaks, ribs, hotdogs, burger patties, corn, and hotdog buns ready, ‘coz it’s time to fire up the grill for this year’s Fourth of July celebration. July 4th, considered the National Day for the US, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption …

Sony Catches up with Samsung in Europe, Android Still Dominates Mobile Market

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech today released figures revealing that Samsung continues to dominate the smartphone market in Europe. For three months up to May 2013, the numbers showed that almost half of the smartphones sold in Europe were Samsung smartphones. This huge increase …

Nokia Acquires 50% of Siemens’ Stakes in Nokia Siemens Networks

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Nokia has just announced that it will be fully acquiring Siemens’ stakes in the Nokia Siemens Networks – a data networking and telecommunications equipment company and a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens. Nokia will be acquiring Siemens’ 50 percent stake in …

Could the Cloud Become America’s Greatest Defense in Cyber War?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

The US Department of Defense announced that it will be investing $23 billion to upgrade its cyber defense in the next four years, which will include a “secure 4G wireless network that will get iPads, iPhones and Android devices online by mid-2014.” …

Rise of the Smart Pills: Invasive Tech to Keep You Healthy

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO13 YEARS AGO

Wouldn’t it be cool if NZT was real? You know, the pill from the Bradley Cooper movie Limitless that unlocks the full potential of the brain, allowing a person to develop into the perfect version of himself? Without the side effects, of …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Hadoop Grows Up : Big Data No Longer Limited to Web Scale Companies

Windows 8 Gains Traction as Users Anticipate 8.1 Update

Wow, Xbox’s Don Mattrick Joins Zynga as CEO: Even Sony’s CEO Thinks it’s Hilarious

The Race to Smartwatch Domination : Can Apple Catch Samsung?

Waterproof Smartphone Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active vs. Sony Xperia ZR

Geeky Grillmaster Gadgets + Fireworks Tips for July 4

Nokia Acquires 50% of Siemens’ Stakes in Nokia Siemens Networks

Rise of the Smart Pills: Invasive Tech to Keep You Healthy

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