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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

More Probing From The SEC and EU for MoMo, Groupon

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

You’d probably think that in this day and age, giant tech companies can pretty much do whatever they want, like acquire other companies, or alter their terms of service.  But no, there are regulators who constantly keep an eye on them to …

Will Apple Release the iPhone 5 in June?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Today’s mobile roundup features the EU antitrust probe on Motorola Mobility, iPhone 5 in June, more news regarding the Android platform and more. iPhone 5 by June? During an interview in a Japanese TV show, a Foxconn recruiter let slip that they are now …

Global Payments Loses Visa Support After Hack

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Another data breach in the online payments world, this one resulting in Global Payments losing its Visa certification.  Global Payments Inc., the provider of electronic transaction processing services for merchants, ISOs, financial institutions, government agencies and multi-national corporations, announced last Friday that …

The Pentagon Banks on Big Data for Cybersecurity

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

The United States Department of Defense, loosely referred to as “the Pentagon” because of their headquarters designed like a pentagon, is primarily in charge of national security.  We often think of them as uniformed men and women ready to defend the country …

The Millennial Media Timeline: A Mobile Road to Success

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

On March 28 Millennial Media,  the cross-platform mobile advertising company, announced the pricing of their initial public offering of 10.2 million shares of common stock at a price to the public of $13 per share.  They started trading yesterday, March 29, and shares …

Google To Sell Self-Branded Tablet

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Today’s mobile roundup features Google’s plan on selling their own tablet, Apple’s $15 refund for the iPhone 4 antennagate, and more. The Google Tablet There are a lot of OEMs running on Google’s Android platform.  Google doesn’t really get paid for this, …

Dell’s Bad Luck with Smartphones: A Brief History

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

Dell’s dropping two more smartphones from its lineup, throwing in the towel on the Venue and Venue Pro.  The hardware maker  announced that they will be discontinuing the production in the US, stating mobile products have a shorter lifespan compared to desktops …

eBay Gets New President, Spurs Spending Sprees Worldwide

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO14 YEARS AGO

eBay Inc has named David Marcus as the president of their PayPal division.  Marcus replaced Scott Thompson who left in January to become Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive. Effective Monday, Marcus will be reporting directly to Chief Executive John Donahoe.  Prior to this, Marcus was …

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