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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

Cities get smarter with apps and streetlights

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart City roundup features an app that helps cities fix things faster, while the windy city gets a smart upgrade despite privacy concerns. Reporting city issues using an app   The City of Bakersfield, California released a new app enabling …

Smart apps avert skin cancer + power up punches

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart Health roundup features an app that keeps your skin safe, and a smart pair of boxing gloves. Brightly protects your skin   Too much sun exposure could lead to premature skin aging, wrinkles, sagging, leathering, discoloration, and even skin …

Bitcoin the comic debuts at CoinSummit

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

At the recently concluded CoinSummit in London, a preview of a comic was unveiled that’s sure to intrigue Bitcoin enthusiasts and common people alike. Written by Alex Preukschat and Josep Busquet, with graphics by Jose Angel Ares Garcia, Bitcoin: The Hunt for …

Built-in smart home : New products + risks

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart Living roundup features a new addition to a company’s home automation lineup, home automation’s Canadian invasion, and connected bulbs putting home networks at risk. Smarthome adds Honeywell Lyric thermostat   Smarthome, a store dedicated to selling home automation products, …

Big Data school : 5 training programs for R language

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

There’s little surprise in seeing Java top the list of popular programming languages for 2014, but another language is gaining traction. R, the free software programming language and developer environment for statistical computing and graphics, cracked IEEE Spectrum’s top 10 list this …

How Legos inspire Smart Cities

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

This week’s Smart City roundup features a report on the progress of smart cities, an appropriately sized Lego initiative for adults, and a unified specification for smart buildings. Study projects huge growth for smart cities   A report from the United Nations …

Top buyback programs for old PCs and smartphones

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

Whether for economic reasons or environmental, device manufacturers and retailers seem to be offering more programs for cashing in on old gadgets. The sale cycle for a new smartphone has quickened with the pace of new releases from handset makers, incentivizing buyers …

The next stop for Bitcoin? Kyrgyzstan

NEWS By MELLISA TOLENTINO12 YEARS AGO

Not many countries are openly experimenting with Bitcoin, and we can’t really blame them. What with its volatility and shady past, it’s hard not to tie a cryptocurrency into illegal transactions. Still, there are some who see the technology as the answer …

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