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

Social Network IPOs Beat All the Rest

Right now there are two things that consumers are addicted to: connected devices and social networks.  When they’re on their smartphones, they can access almost any site (well, except some of those requiring Flash support), either to check their Facebook or LinkedIn, or to see the latest Groupon offer.  If people aren’t glued to their smartphones, ...

Twitter Hits 200M Tweets per Day – Obama Jumps on Bandwagon

Twitter has been hit left and right, from the news of their loss of their co-founder to the FTC investigating them.  Isaac “Biz” Stone, co-founder of the microblogging site, recently announced  that he’s leaving the company ,but stated on his blog that he will work with the company “for many years to come.” He goes ...

Samsung Strikes Back: Lawsuits against Apple Stretch Worldwide

You’d think that since Samsung supplies the chips and screens used by Apple, these two would get along.  But no, last week, Apple filed a follow-up lawsuit against Samsung in South Korea regarding the product-copying violations made by the latter.   Samsung retaliates with pending lawsuits in six countries against Apple (the U.S., South Korea, Japan, ...

Dell: More than Just PC Hardware

For the past three years, Dell has been making some key acquisitions, and the hardware maker shows no signs of stopping.  Their three-year stint is already paying off, as they reported a $945 million profit or 23.4% for their first quarter, which is the highest since 1992.  They are more focused in saving now, helping ...

App Store Revenue Estimated to Exceed $14 Billion by Next Year

These days, apps seem to make the world go round.  Everyone always has either their smartphones or tablets at hand, be it for sending messages or e-mails, watching videos, and now, for the most part, playing games.  With almost everything available as an app, and with everyone on the planet downloading or subscribing to these ...

Google+ More Than Just a Social Networking Plot?

If you don’t have at least one social network that you religiously log in to, you must be living under a rock.  Everyone has either a Facebook or Twitter account, to say the least, each of the networks used to keep in contact with family, friends, business partners, acquaintances or anyone at all.  People log ...

Mobile Video Upswing Gains Investors, Unifying Standards for Animoto and Beyond

With today’s fast paced lifestyle, everyone seems to be running out of time; people are opting to watching videos on their mobile devices rather than watching from their own homes.  Major mobile phone companies are revving up to come up with phones that can accommodate this mobile video trend, addressing the new needs of consumers. ...