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

Oracle Could Make Big Money with a Copyright Win Against Google

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Earlier this month, Federal Judge William Alsup who is presiding over the Oracle vs. Google case, entered his final pretrial order stating that the case would go to a jury trial on or after March 19, 2012. The trial would be trifurcated …

Social, Mobile the Saviors for Google Last Year

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The internet search giant, Google Inc., had their fourth quarter earnings report yesterday, which showed that the company fetched less money per click on their ubiquitous online ads. Investors were hoping that Google’s Q4 would exceed expectations since that quarter encompasses the …

Industry Effects of iBooks 2: Tuition, Copyright Concerns and Android

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Yesterday Apple launched the iBooks 2 app along with iBooks Author and iBooks Textbooks. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, believes that this revolutionizes owning and reading textbooks as these apps were built to address the concerns of high costs of …

Gov’t Shuts Down Megaupload Amidst SOPA Protests, Hackers Retaliate

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

A day after that SOPA Blackout, Megaupload, the Hong Kong-based, celebrity-endorsed file-sharing service for videos, photos and ponography, was shut down by the government. Founder Kim Dotcom along with Bram van der Kolk, Finn Batato, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland. …

PSN Blackout Wasn’t for SOPA, Heavy Weaponry in Racoon City, BioShock, and More

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Don’t be alarmed if you can’t access your PlayStation Network account today starting from 8am until 9pm PST. This is not part of the SOPA Blackout that happened yesterday, they’re just having a routine scheduled maintenance. During the maintenance, PlayStation Store on …

The Apps that Set Apple iBooks 2 Apart

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Since we were kids, our parents constantly reminded us how important education is in life. And Apple shares our parents’ thoughts, as they launched iBooks 2 during an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice …

McAfee Users Irked by Glitch

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

McAfee, a renowned computer security company that offers virus protection and Internet security, has been hacked, as reported by Keith & Annabel Morrigan in their blog post in Kaamar.com entitled “Rumor turns Rogue – McAfee Software Hacked!” The blog post stated that …

Yahoo! Offers Sundance Access Amidst Rumors of Layoffs, Resignations

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Earlier this week Jerry Yang, co-founder and onetime CEO of Yahoo! announced his resignation from the company. Yang’s departure is shrouded with rumors that there is a rift between him and the newly appointed CEO Scott Thompson and that more members of …

New Facebook Timeline Apps bring New Privacy Questions

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Late last year Facebook introduced Open Graph, Timeline, Social apps at their f8 Developer Conference but it wasn’t immediately available for everyone. Though Timeline rolled out worldwide back in December, until now, not everyone has experienced using the “New Facebook.” And though …

SOPA Blackout Aftermath

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

If you were using the web yesterday and weren’t sure why some websites weren’t working properly, then clearly you were not aware of the Anti-SOPA Blackout movement. Many sites shut down their services for 12-24 hours in a form of protest against …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Oracle Could Make Big Money with a Copyright Win Against Google

Social, Mobile the Saviors for Google Last Year

Industry Effects of iBooks 2: Tuition, Copyright Concerns and Android

The Apps that Set Apple iBooks 2 Apart

McAfee Users Irked by Glitch

SOPA Blackout Aftermath

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