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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

This new cryptocurrency will literally make you sweat

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

While Bitcoin slowly but surely forces its way into the mainstream, that hasn’t stopped numerous developers from coming up with new altcoins to try and steal its crown as top dog of the digital currencies. The likes of Dogecoin, Litecoin, Namecoin, Peercoin …

Smart lights shine lucrative business on startups

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart Living roundup features one tech giant’s acquisition of an innovative smart home startup, a smart solution for regular light bulbs, and a digital picture frame with an artistic twist. Samsung acquires SmartThings   Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has acquired …

eBay is in talks about accepting Bitcoin payments

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin’s value recently fell below $500, but it quickly recovered. The exact cause has yet to be determined, but a recent warning issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is one of the probable reasons for its abrupt decline in value. …

Developers’ delight: Cloud service and new boards for IoT

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features a new cloud service and a fresh board of trustees aimed at boosting development for the burgeoning world of the Internet of Things. RacoWireless’ Omega DevCloud   RacoWireless LLC, a global machine-to-machine service provider, announced a …

Sense and the City: More smart buildings go wireless

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart City roundup features the massive growth of wireless control systems for buildings, a report that makes sense of the Internet of Things in the city, an automatic shade that makes buildings much more interesting, and an event dedicated to …

Warning! Bitcoin could be ‘dangerous’, says CFPB

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Darkcoin, Stellar – these are just some of the digital currencies people are using to make online and even offline payments. There are even ATM that allow people to withdraw cash directly from their Bitcoin wallets, and some large …

Senator demands the FTC protect fitness tracker data

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart Health roundup features a call to safeguard fitness tracker data, a new portal for anything health and technology related, an acquisition to boost health tech efforts, and a new accelerator dedicated to health technology. Senator asks FTC to regulate …

Did the NSA ‘create’ Satoshi Nakamoto?

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

The CIA Project, a group dedicated to unearthing all of the government’s secret projects and making them public, has released a video claiming Bitcoin is actually the brainchild of the US National Security Agency. The video entitled CIA Project Bitcoin: Is Bitcoin …

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