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

Lenovo’s Android ICS Tablet Revealed, Apple Making A 5-inch iPad?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

You can’t hide the fact that tablets are really popular these days. Though it might not totally replace your laptop or netbook, you love having your tablet around. And if you don’t own a tablet yet but you’re contemplating on getting one, …

AOL Sells 800 Patents to Microsoft for $1 Billion, AT&T Offloads Yellow Pages Unit

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

AOL announced that they have agreed to sell more than 800, out of their 1,100 patents, to Microsoft for the hefty sum of $1.056 billion. “The agreement with Microsoft represents the culmination of a robust auction process for our patent portfolio,” said …

Kid Sells Kidney For iPhone and iPad, Suffers Organ Failure

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Today’s mobile news roundup features the teenager who sold his kidney for an iPhone and iPad, Sony cutting their workforce, and AT&T’s new theme. Kid sells kidney for iPhone and iPad Apple is a household name, along with its popular device, the iPad. …

Samsung Reports Record-High Q1 Sales while HTC Suffers from Low Revenue

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC released their 2012 first quarter guidance reports, and not surprisingly, the manufacturing companies have completely different financial results. Samsung reported consolidated sales of approximately 45 trillion Korean Won and a consolidated operating profit of approximately 5.8 trillion …

Millennial Media Faces Patent Lawsuit After Closing IPO

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Millennial Media recently closed their IPO offering of 10,200,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $13.00 per share, but there’s already trouble for the mobile ad network, as it faces a lawsuit regarding targeted advertising. They began trading …

Twitter Sues Spammers, Facebook Caught In Web of Security Flaws

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

All forms of malicious software plague the web, and one wrong click could cost you. No matter how careful you are, one of these critters could eventually make its way to your system and wreak havoc. Let’s look at some of the …

Instagram Closing in on $50M Round from Sequoia

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Though Instagram is getting some negative feedback because of its recently launched app for the Android platform, leading some Apple users to criticize the photo-sharing app, investors aren’t fazed one bit. AllThingsD reports that Instagram is near closing a $50 million Series …

RIM Executives On the Run, Apple Working on 7.85″ iPad

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Today’s mobile news roundup features RIM executives abandoning their sinking ship, Google’s Sergey Brin sporting the Google Glasses, Apple working on a 7.85-inch iPad and more. RIM loses tops dogs amid market decline According to a spokesman for Research in Motion, Senior …

5 Million Galaxy Notes Sold as Samsung Enters Mobile Ad Business

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

When the Samsung Galaxy Note launched, it was met with a lot of criticism because of its size, and of course, the S-Pen that comes with it. Everyone knew how the late Steve Jobs felt about the stylus – he hated it. …

Draw Something Hits 50M Downloads in 50 Days

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Draw Something, the Pictionary-like app that invaded iOS and Android devices, has been downloaded 50 million times in just 50 days. “We believe it’s not only the fastest-growing original mobile game of all time – 50 days to hit 50 million downloads …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Lenovo’s Android ICS Tablet Revealed, Apple Making A 5-inch iPad?

AOL Sells 800 Patents to Microsoft for $1 Billion, AT&T Offloads Yellow Pages Unit

Kid Sells Kidney For iPhone and iPad, Suffers Organ Failure

Samsung Reports Record-High Q1 Sales while HTC Suffers from Low Revenue

Millennial Media Faces Patent Lawsuit After Closing IPO

Instagram Closing in on $50M Round from Sequoia

RIM Executives On the Run, Apple Working on 7.85″ iPad

5 Million Galaxy Notes Sold as Samsung Enters Mobile Ad Business

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