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

Record breaking Q1 iPhone sales just aren’t good enough for Apple

Apple has posted its first quarter results, showing how the company hit new records with sales of its iPhones, iPads and Macs. The company sold 51 million iPhones, 26 million iPads, and 4.8 million Macs – a substantial increase from its year-ago first quarter sales of 47.8 million, 22.9 million, and 4.1 million, respectively. The ...

Best of theCUBE : crowd favorites + exclusive videos

theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s premier video production program, has featured many guests since its conception, from top executives of various tech companies to happy and satisfied customers working within the cloud ecosystem. SiliconANGLE has compiled the top clips from theCUBE, and as 2014 kicks off a new year for cloud computing trends,  it’s the perfect time to ...

Smart Home market to boom in 2020 : New trends in smart elevators + smoke detectors

The smart home market is a hot topic in 2014, but is expected to explode by 2020. Thanks to technology’s ability to aid in resource allocation for homeowners, programmable and cloud-managed services are growing in appeal as costs decrease. In a new report published by Allied Market Research entitled “Global Smart Homes, Buildings (Energy Efficient, ...

Google apologizes for outage, Yahoo pokes fun but quickly retracts

On Friday, nearly 42 million Google users were left unable to log into Gmail, Google+, Calendar and Documents for a specific time due to an outage.  According to reports, some users suffered the outage for nearly 25 minutes, while others suffered for more than 30 minutes. At 10:55 am PST on Friday, one of Google’s ...

Samsung settles cross licensing agreements with Google + Ericsson

Samsung and Apple may never reach a settlement and continue their feud for years, but the South Korean giant has settled patent deals with two other tech rivals today. Samsung and Google On Sunday, Samsung and Google announced a long-term cooperative partnership with a global patent cross-licensing agreement that covers a broad range of technologies ...

Big Data correctly predicts some GRAMMY winners : Spotify the best indicator

The results of last night’s 56th Annual GRAMMY awards are in. While most already know who the winners are, here’s a recap just in case: Record of the Year: “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers Album of the Year: Random Access Memories – Daft Punk Song of the Year: “Royals” ...

SmartWorld Weekly: Cheaper smart lights + wireless health gadgets

This week’s SmartWorld Series features a cheaper alternative to connected lights, wireless monitors for health tracking, and privacy concerns for connected cars. If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services ...

30 years of the Apple Mac

If by any chance you visited Apple’s page today, you’d have probably noticed it’s looking quite different . That’s because Apple is celebrating the 30th birthday of the Mac. It all started in 1984 when Apple introduced the Macintosh, it’s first personal computer. Looking at it now, kids would probably have a confused look on ...

10 noteworthy Smart Home solutions

The past year saw the Internet of Things making huge strides, and one of the biggest areas of progress has been in Smart Home automation solutions. Keeping homes safe and secure can now be as easy as tapping a few virtual buttons on a smartphone or tablet, allowing homeowners to see who’s in their home ...

3 VoIP services for small businesses : Ooma + more

Virtualization has its perks for small businesses, and can save you money when it comes to operating costs. Many of the perks enterprises have availed of for years are now available for small business and home use, including cloud-based management tools for incoming and outgoing calls. But the wrong VoIP service will still cost you. ...