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

Black Friday survival guide | #BlackFriday2015

Thanksgiving 2015 is here, which means Black Friday is upon us. So it’s time to plan the perfect Black Friday strategy to ensure finding the best deals around while maintaining everyone’s personal safety and sanity! Implement the following tips to make Black Friday fun and stress-free. Set a budget and stick to it This is probably the ...

Newest iPad Pro accessories, just in time for holiday shopping

November 11 (11.11.15) is a special date, not for romantic or scientific reasons, but for Apple fans, it is the day that the iPad Pro was officially sold by Apple online and will soon be available in retail stores. And to personalize and enhance the iPad Pro experience, manufacturers and startups have already crafted dozens of ...

More Nest deals for #BlackFriday2015

Nest has pioneered in the smart home market with its well-designed learning thermostat, and is now blazing new trails in marketing for this year’s Black Friday kickoff to the holiday shopping season. With new promos and new tactics, gadget makers are particularly creative in their efforts to get consumers to interact with connected smart home ...

Report: Consumers want pricy smartwatches with heart rate monitors instead of fitness trackers

What tech will you be purchasing this holiday season? A new smartwatch, a fitness tracker, or other wearable gadgets that can help you improve your well being? According to a consumer report from Argus Insights, Inc., the Apple Watch, Lumo Lift Posture and Activity Tracker lead in the smartwatch and fitness tracker categories respectively, based on ...

5 gadgets to prepare the perfect Thanksgiving dinner

It’s so easy to get overwhelmed when you’re trying to prepare Thanksgiving dinner for your entire family, but thanks to technology and the Internet of Things, you can get the job done without losing your mind. 5 gadgets for the perfect Thanksgiving dinner Drop Kitchen Scale You’d hear some chefs say that cooking is an ...

What you missed in the Smart World: A device to kick hackers out the smart home

Before you set up camp for Black Friday, check out our coverage on which stores have the best deals for home automation products, as well as fitness trackers and smartwatches (we have Cyber Monday resources for the couch potatoes, too!). In other Smart World news this week, there’s now a device that lets you know when ...

Best Target Black Friday deals on iPhones, PlayStations: Free gift cards

Still looking for the best Black Friday deals on gadgets or just starting with your holiday shopping? You can head to any Target store, but be sure to be there when the doors bust open at 6PM on Thanksgiving Day, that’s Thursday November 26, 2015, to get the biggest discounts. Here’s Target’s best Black Friday ...

Best Buy Black Friday deals: TVs, game + console bundles and more

If you’re planning on completing your Christmas shopping at Best Buy on Black Friday, you should know that it’s doors will open to welcome shoppers at 5PM on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015. Doors will close 1AM on Friday, and reopen the same day at 8AM. If you’re willing to miss Thanksgiving dinner, here are the best deals ...

Augmented reality for the office: Atheer’s 3D smart glasses target doctors, engineers

Connected eyewear for the office, 3D smart glasses hit the enterprise with a ready-made cloud platform. Atheer, Inc., a company pioneering the AiR (Augmented interactive Reality) computing platform, today unveiled AiR Glasses,  interactive 3D smart glasses, and the AiR Enterprise Suite, a cloud-based collaboration and task flow interaction solution for Fortune 1000 companies. AiR Glasses ...

What you missed in the Smart World: New Apple HomeKit apps and brain-powered gadgets

Got rowdy teenagers that won’t do chores? Looking for new smart home devices integrated with Apple’s HomeKit? And have you ever wondered if consumers stick to using wearable devices even after a few months of use? Every week we round up the latest developments in the Smart World, from new developer platforms to smart city ...