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

Carrier IQ Gives Data to Mobile Users at MWC 2012

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

In Novembr of last year, Android app developer Trevor Eckhart exposed that the Carrier IQ app has been secretly logging keystrokes and other mobile activities on smartphones across the board. The incident jarred many mobile users, even prompting some app makers to …

Music Clouds Find More Ways to Desktops: Spotify, Sniper and More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With more people enjoying the benefits of listening to music in the cloud, it’s about time to see what cloud services came up with to keep their subscribers happy. Spotify The Swedish music streaming service recently announced two new desktop upgrade features: …

Android Stays Neutral Amid Google-MoMo Deal

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With the Google-Motorola Mobility deal nearing completion, there’s this burning question that keeps popping up: Will Google favor Motorola products when it comes to Android? At Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona, Andy Rubin, the man behind the Android platform, finally …

Apple Drops Evi, Facebook Caught Snooping

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

We’ve already taken a look at MWC’s hottest devices so far, but what’s going on outside of Mobile World Congress? For starters, Apple’s terminated its push email service, Evi. and texters beware, Facebook’s been caught accessing user texts via their mobile phone …

Scorching Hot Devices at MWC 2012: Nokia PureView, HTC One X and More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Mobile World Congress officially kicked off today and already several brands are impressing attendees with their products. Here are just some of the items that made attendees do a double-take. Nokia The Finnish phone maker teased audiences from around the world with …

Who Will Win the Connected Home? Android@home vs. AirPlay

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The connected home seems to be a prime focus for tech companies these days, and why not? Connected homes or smart homes, for the most part, eliminate wires, placing faith in networks and the cloud. And with connected devices’ growing popularity, there …

Mobile, Consumers Drive New Cloud Offerings: Box, Dropbox and More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Aside from Box offering 50GB free storage for Android users until March 23, 2012, other cloud services are also kicking things up a notch. Dropbox The cloud storage Dropbox unveiled a new photo uploading feature for Android smartphones. In just one click, …

Android Apps Gets Downloaded More, and are Pricier than iPhone Apps

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Here’s another piece that puts Google and Apple head-to-head: it’s not about devices or software, it’s actually about the apps. Did you know that Android apps cost more than iOS apps? It’s an interesting thought, considering the Apple App Store drives higher …

Proview Takes iPad Lawsuit to US as Apple Acquires Chomp App Search Engine

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

In today’s mobile roundup we look at Apple’s trouble in China moving to the US, their acquisition of Chomp, Motorola Mobility’s incoming CEO and more MWC hype. Apple’s Proview Trouble Reaches US Soils On Thursday, a court in Shanghai, China rejected Shenzhen Proview …

New Age Hotspots Rescue You from 3G Nightmares

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

As service providers figure out how how to make their 4G dreams come true, others are focusing on Wi-Fi. Since consumers are plagued by skyrocketing bills or suffer poor service because they exceeded their allotted monthly data plan, companies are now working …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Carrier IQ Gives Data to Mobile Users at MWC 2012

Android Stays Neutral Amid Google-MoMo Deal

Scorching Hot Devices at MWC 2012: Nokia PureView, HTC One X and More

Who Will Win the Connected Home? Android@home vs. AirPlay

Android Apps Gets Downloaded More, and are Pricier than iPhone Apps

Proview Takes iPad Lawsuit to US as Apple Acquires Chomp App Search Engine

New Age Hotspots Rescue You from 3G Nightmares

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