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

Eversave the Latest Daily Deals Site to Get a Deal: Acquired for $30M

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Today’s consumers are getting wiser, utilizing daily deals sites to purchase something they want or need. With daily deals sites like Goupon already having $644 million for their first quarter revenue of 2011, other daily sites are looking at strategies to meet …

Anti-Piracy Campaigns: Are They Really Winning the Battle?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With hackers attacks multiplying as each day passes, companies are hard at work to block their attempts. With Google’s Anti-Piracy filter that works by filtering ‘piracy-related’ terms (minimizing the amount of data users are acquiring), piracy search has significantly dropped, proving the …

Apple Extends a Hand to Businesses, Volume Apps Made Available

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With the surge in demand for apps on iTunes, plus the price increase on many iOS apps, consumers may soon opt for other options. So Apple is kind of giving back to consumers as it launches Volume Apps for businesses. Apple already …

It’s All in the Box: HTML5 Apps Planned, New Executives on Board

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

As the demand for personal cloud services rises, companies are developing more ways to accommodate consumers. Box (formerly known as Box.net), who has been pushing for its availability in Apple and Adroid-powered smartphones and tablets, is now expanding rapidly as it garners …

IBM SmartCloud Reaches Japan, Two New Data Centers in the Works

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With the cloud era’s continued rise, the tech and industry behind it is already becoming big in Asia. IBM answers the demand by opening two new data centers in Japan; the SmartCloud Enterprise, which will be located in Makuhari, and the Lotus …

Spotify in the U.S. Here’s How it Works

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Spotify is finally landing in the U.S.! But with all the available music-streaming services(i.e. iTunes, Pandora, Napster, Amazon Cloud Player, Google Music etc.), do we really need another one? Of course! You can’t have too much of anything. Plus, the added competition …

Cisco Is Brewing Something Hot, Distracts Investors from Impending Layoffs

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

News of Cisco’s restructuring and their impending massive lay-off are making investors rethink their portfolios. With the sales of network switches and routers dropping, you’d think that the company is slowly going down the drain. But Cisco is still one to watch …

Round 2: SAP VS. Oracle

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

With the lawsuit Oracle filed against SAP last year, the court ruled in favor of Oracle granting them a $1.3 billion to be paid to them by SAP for their illegal downloads of Oracle’s software. In retaliation, SAP is requesting the court …

Dropbox Secure in High Valuation, but What About Your Files?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

The personal cloud has been a hit with a rise in consumers as its products are made available on smartphones and tablets. It beats having to save all your files on a thumb drive, portable hard disk or copying your files to …

Evernote to Expand, Receives $50M Funding From Sequoia Capital

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO15 YEARS AGO

Evernote, the company that made famous the tag line ‘Remember Everything,’ announced a $50 million funding round spearheaded by Sequoia Capital together with Morgenthaler Ventures. Coming on the tail of a major mobile update, Evernote’s ready to take things to the next …

Mellisa Tolentino

Latest from Mellisa Tolentino

Eversave the Latest Daily Deals Site to Get a Deal: Acquired for $30M

Anti-Piracy Campaigns: Are They Really Winning the Battle?

Apple Extends a Hand to Businesses, Volume Apps Made Available

It’s All in the Box: HTML5 Apps Planned, New Executives on Board

IBM SmartCloud Reaches Japan, Two New Data Centers in the Works

Spotify in the U.S. Here’s How it Works

Cisco Is Brewing Something Hot, Distracts Investors from Impending Layoffs

Round 2: SAP VS. Oracle

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