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

Payfone Gets with Rovio In-App Payments Provider as Feature Comes Under Fire

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Payfone, a leading mobile payment processing service, and Fortumo, a leading provider of mobile payments, today announced that Fortumo has selected Payfone to power the direct billing option for its in-app purchasing SDK. This direct billing mobile payment method offers better reliability …

Google Acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5B, Gains Patent Traction

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Google Inc., acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in a business transaction both agreed upon by both parties. This joint venture will be beneficial for Google and Motorola, as Google is set on acquiring patents along with talent buys, and Motorola Mobility is …

The Virtual Dilema of Working from Home: Infographic

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Who would have ever thought that working a legit job from home is actually possible? It’s all because of technology that the dream job (as in working in your PJs) actually came to fruition when mobile productivity was conceptualized way back in …

Samsung Galaxy S II in the US: August 29th is the Big Day

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Samsung is bathing in the limelight with both good and bad publicity, but that doesn’t really matter for the mobile manufacturer. After the European injunction, their India launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the supposed leak of the Nexus Prime to …

Console Game Sales Decline: the Google, Facebook Takeover

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The recently released Q2 S.M.A.R.T. report by Millennial Media stated that more people are using their smartphones at home to log in to their social network sites or to just browse, with 59% of the respondents saying that they go online using their …

The Android Ice Cream Sandwich Leak: Is It All Just A Hoax?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Earlier this year, Google announced that it will merge Honeycomb and Gingerbread to create a new OS to be called Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Details have been rolling out slowly since the May announcement, but today there’s a few leaked images offering …

FTC’s Google Probe Hones in on Android

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The Federal Trade Commission is focusing its probe into Google regarding allegations that the company is killing of the competition by manipulating available services on the Android. “We understand that with success comes scrutiny,” said a Google spokeswoman. “We’re happy to answer …

RIM’s BlackBerry OS 7 Already Out, BBM Banned in UK

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

After its recent launch of the BBM 6, the revamped free messaging service exclusive for BlackBerry owners, RIM has now released three new smartphones powered by the new BlackBerry OS7. “While not game-changing (evolutionary UI, design) and reviews expected mixed, BlackBerry 7 …

Text 911! Are We Ready For This?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

You wake up in the middle of the night, you here unfamiliar voices coming from downstairs, you hear them rummaging through your things, you reach for the phone but it’s dead. You get your mobile phone but then you think, “What …

Sony-LG Dispute Ends in Cross-licensing Agreement

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The Sony-LG dispute started when Sony file patent infringement lawsuits against LG over smartphone patents in which the latter claimed that Sony violated patent rights over TVs, PCs and cameras. But the dispute has finally been resolved, as the two companies agreed …

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Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Payfone Gets with Rovio In-App Payments Provider as Feature Comes Under Fire

Google Acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5B, Gains Patent Traction

Samsung Galaxy S II in the US: August 29th is the Big Day

The Android Ice Cream Sandwich Leak: Is It All Just A Hoax?

FTC’s Google Probe Hones in on Android

RIM’s BlackBerry OS 7 Already Out, BBM Banned in UK

Text 911! Are We Ready For This?

Sony-LG Dispute Ends in Cross-licensing Agreement

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