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

Would You Consider A Person’s Klout Score Before Hiring?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

If you’re job hunting and your potential employer asks you what your Klout score is because they’re looking to hire someone who has a Klout score above 35, would you be happy or offended? That depends on your social influence. See, Klout …

TripAdvisor Gets Ahead of the Game Through Predictive Data Analytics

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

TripAdvisor.com is amongst the more well-known traveling sites, providing information about vacation hotspots, cheap and affordable hotel rates, as well as other people’s reviews and comments for a particular venue. But how do they improve from here, personalizing this aggregate of data …

Will Brands Go Along with Facebook’s Anti-Click Campaign?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Facebook gets the majority of their revenue on advertising but even so, the social networking giant’s advertising strategy is being questioned. Facebook is getting ready to unveil a new advertising strategy that removes the focus on “clicks”. For some time now, clicks …

5 Ways to Search Gmail: New Attachment Filter and More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Many of us cringe at the thought of cleaning up our e-mail inboxes, making it difficult to go back and find the items and attachments we need. Coming to our aid is a long overdue feature from Google, adding a new search …

Oracle OpenWorld Day 2: Mark Hurd Talks Strategy and Innovation

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Oracle’s OpenWorld 2012 kicked off last Sunday and will run through until October 4th in San Francisco. Oracle President Mark Hurd hosted the keynote event on the second day of OracleWorld. The keynote, titled Shifting Complexity, tackles how the company’s holistic, aggregate …

Samsung to Sue Apple over iPhone 5, Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban Lifted

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Today’s mobile news roundup: Samsung sues Apple for iPhone 5; HTC announces a faster One X; and AT&T prepares to launch new prepaid plan in October. Samsung sues Apple for iPhone 5 In a never ending battle for supremacy, Samsung filed a …

Price Will be a Big Hurdle for HP’s New Windows 8 Tablet/PC Stand-In

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

After a number of mistrials, changed minds and fired CEOs, HP is finally looking to re-enter the tablet market. We’ve been hearing a bit about their revamped plans for the mobile industry from new CEO Meg Whitman, along with expectations for a …

Which is Better, Google or Nokia Maps?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Apple’s new Maps has managed to irritate a lot of users, and things didn’t get any better when their own CEO recommended other navigation services while they sort things out. Of course, even before Tim Cook advertised rival apps, a lot of …

Oracle Refreshes MySQL with New Features

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

The Oracle OpenWorld 2012 event officially kicked off yesterday and will run through the 4th of October in San Francisco. CEO Larry Ellison kicked things off with the introduction of the latest version of its 12c database software. Oracle aims to be the …

Iran Lifts Ban On Some Google Services, Re-Blocks YouTube

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Last week, Iran announced that they would be blocking Google’s search and e-mail service as they deploy their own domestic internet system. The domestic internet service was rolled out to government agencies and offices, and it is their aim to make it …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Would You Consider A Person’s Klout Score Before Hiring?

TripAdvisor Gets Ahead of the Game Through Predictive Data Analytics

Will Brands Go Along with Facebook’s Anti-Click Campaign?

5 Ways to Search Gmail: New Attachment Filter and More

Oracle OpenWorld Day 2: Mark Hurd Talks Strategy and Innovation

Samsung to Sue Apple over iPhone 5, Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban Lifted

Price Will be a Big Hurdle for HP’s New Windows 8 Tablet/PC Stand-In

Which is Better, Google or Nokia Maps?

Oracle Refreshes MySQL with New Features

Iran Lifts Ban On Some Google Services, Re-Blocks YouTube

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