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

Is Anyone Surprised Instagram Has Higher Engagement than Twitter?

A report from AllThingsD tackles comScore’s latest data regarding mobile audience measurement report, which hasn’t been released yet.  The report stated that in August, Instagram had an average of 7.3 million daily active users or DAUs, while Twitter only has 6.868 million DAUs during the same period. This is quite interesting, given the fact that ...

Google Maps Street View Coming To Safari?

Today’s mobile news roundup features: Google’s plans for their Maps’ feature Street View for Safari; LG sues Samsung; Bank of America tests mobile payment scheme; Bad Piggies now available for download. Google Street View coming to Safari A report from the New York Times stated that disgruntled iOS 6 Maps users can just use Google ...

New Myspace Looks Like Google+ and a Sideways Tumblr

The world was shocked when Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake bought the ailing social networking platform, Myspace, last year.  From being a social media platform, it turned into a social listening hub where music lovers could enjoy their favorite tunes and share them with friends. Still, that move didn’t do much to help the ...

Cisco Acquires ThinkSmart for Brainy WiFi Networks

A layer of data analysis seems to be the icing on the cake for every aspect of the enterprise, even for networking giant Cisco.  The company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment, announced that they have acquired ThinkSmart Technologies, a software company that delivers location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology. ThinkSmart’s location analytics collects ...

New Nook HD vs. Kindle Fire HD and the iPad

Yes, there are two new tablets in town: Barnes & Noble’s NOOK HD and NOOK HD+.  The broadening family of Nook tablets is a clear move to compete with Amazon, which already has an HD tablet on the market.  If you ask B&N, their new Nooks are the fastest and lightest on the market, but ...

New Pinterest Tool Helps You Buy the Things You Love

Pinterest has established itself very well in the social media world, and as it becomes a true beacon for consumer intent, Pinterest’s business model must reflect this.  Several startups and ad firms have already begun developing tools for measuring influence on Pinterest, but another company, Ubokia, is looking to better integrate the consumer buying experience into Pinterest’s platform. ...

Barnes&Noble Unveils 2 New Nook HD Tablets

Today’s mobile news roundup features: Barnes & Noble introducing two new HD Nook tablets; RIM’s plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices worldwide, Samsung addressing killer code with an update; and Toys ‘R’ Us getting sued for their new Tabeo tablet. Barnes & Noble’s new HD Nook tablets Barnes & Noble unveiled two new tablets, the ...

When Will We Get a Google Maps App for the iPhone 5?

The discrepancies between using Google Maps and Apple Maps just keep piling up.  Just doing an image search for Apple Maps, and you’ll get flooded with results comparing the two services.  So you can just imagine how Google must be laughing at the kerfuffle Apple brought upon themselves (see our list of iPhone 5 Maps ...

New BlackBerry 10 Interface Looks Promising

BlackBerry Jam Americas 2012 officially kicked off today and will continue until the 27th of September at the San Jose Convention Center in California. At the conference, Research in Motion unveiled the latest version of BlackBerry 10, the operating software, which they claim will be better than iOS and Android, that they unveiled earlier in ...

Get Sick without Your iPhone? You Have One of These Phobias

In the mobile roundup earlier today, we mentioned that there’s already a rehab program available for cellphone addicts, or people who cannot live without their mobile device.  These people get anxious, dizzy, experience panic attacks, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, sweating, accelerated heart rate, chest pain and nausea when they do not have contact with ...