Mellisa Tolentino
Latest from Mellisa Tolentino
Are Mobile Users to Blame for “Spying” Motorola ToS?
Before the nation celebrated Independence Day last week, Motorola revealed a new ad for the Moto X, its upcoming flagship smartphone in collaboration with Google. The ad boasts of a smartphone that users can design themselves. Not really sure if Motorola meant a smartphone that is unique to each users since they would be designing ...
iOS 7 Looks to Rip Off Android Again with ‘Offline Dictation’ Feature
Using an iOS device? If yes, then it’s probably safe to say that you aren’t too fond of the long loading times that you have to suffer whenever you use the voice input feature. Fortunately, one of iOS users’ pet peeves might soon be resolved, as Apple is said to be testing an offline dictation ...
Facebook Graph Search Rolling Out to US English Users Today
If you didn’t volunteer to be one of the first to try out Facebook Graph Search when it was introduced last January, you no longer have to sign up for anything as Facebook is finally rolling out the feature to everyone starting today. All users who have their Facebook profile set to US English will ...
Smart Fashion for the Self-Quantified : New Wave of Wearable Tech
There are a lot of ways to start living a healthy life. You can go about it the traditional way, watching what you eat and start exercising. But with all the hustle and bustle around you, it’s easy to lose track of your goals. There are now apps to help remind you of your set ...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Su… Big Data?
Before you jump to conclusions that this article is about The Man of Steel and Big Data, it’s not, though that would be awesome, wouldn’t it? Anyway, this is about Big Data and aviation. Not many of us have put much thought in the things happening around us, let alone the data we produce over ...
Best Windows 8 Apps of 2013 (So Far)
Microsoft is catching up to Apple and Google in the mobile scene, as Windows just surpassed the 100,000 app milestone in time for the BUILD conference. Aside from that, Windows 8 is gaining traction as users anticipate the release of Windows 8.1. Though the Windows Store has more than 100,000 apps to offer to its ...
Smart Body: iPhone Add Ons to Monitor + Diagnose Your Health
Some people seem to have their smartphones surgically attached to their hands. It’s the first thing they reach for when they wake up, and the last thing they put down when they go to bed. If you ask these people why they’re so fixated on their phones, many will cite a popular fitness app that’s ...
Apple Ripe for Harvest : Will iPhone 5 Mini + New Device Sizes Launch in September?
It seems the world’s been pretty quiet lately regarding its expectations of what the next iPhone will be like. It’s not that we’re no longer interested in the device, but we’ve taken a break in light of Apple’s recently concluded WWDC, where no new iPhone made an appearance, and bubbling expectations over the iWatch, a term ...
RIP Google Reader. Hello Feedly, Flipboard and Noowit
A Final Farewell Thank you for stopping by. Today, we powered down Google Reader. We understand you may not agree with this decision, but we hope you’ll come to love these alternatives as much as you loved Reader. Sincerely, The Google Reader Team That’s the short letter you’ll see if you visit the Google ...
Motorola Release New Ad for Moto X, Another Device to Spy on People
When Google acquired Motorola Mobility, everyone expected that the two to team up and release the ultimate smartphone to compete with Apple’s and Samsung’s most popular devices, but to date we’ve yet to see anything the two have collaborated on. Until last May, Motorola’s policy was to keep schtumm about what it and Google were ...