Mellisa Tolentino, Author at SiliconANGLE

RIM Fined $147M in Milestone Patent Infringement Case, Could Affect All Smartphones

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has been asked by the court to pay $147 million in damages to Mformation Technologies for patent infringement. In 2008, Mformation sued RIM for allegedly infringing two of their…

Yahoo! Mail App Used in Android “Botnet” Spam E-mails

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

A Microsoft engineer, Terry Zink, recently stated in a blog post that there’s a possibility that an Android botnet truly is in existence, evidenced by spam e-mails coming from different countries with a “Sent…

Microsft-NBC Divorce: A 16 Year History

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

After 16 years of marriage, Microsoft Corp. and NBC are divorcing. Comcast, the parent company of NBC, has acquired Microsoft’s stake in MSNBC.com and the website will now be known as NBCNews.com. Users of…

Monday Mobile Roundup: AT&T Halves Nokia Lumia Price

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

Today’s mobile news roundup features Nokia Lumia’s price drop, Fujifilm suing Motorola over a patent infringement, smartphones being used to diagnose ear infections, Korea’s battlefield apps, and more. AT&T drops Lumia price AT&T halved…

Zuckerberg Expects Facebook Mobile Roll Out to be a Breeze

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 14, 2012

In a recent interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed how penetrating the mobile scene proved to be a challenge but it wasn’t that different in setting up Facebook in the first place. Zuckerberg stated that…

Can Windows 8 Revive The PC Era?

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 13, 2012

According to a recent report from Gartner, sales of personal computers declined by 0.1% compared to last year’s. The decline in sales is said to be influenced by a PC saturated market as well…

Is Apple Abandoning All Plans of Going Green?

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 13, 2012

Last month, Apple asked EPEAT – Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, to remove 39 of their certified desktop computers, monitors and laptops, from the list of environment friendly products. According to some sources, Apple…

Nokia Closes Two Sales Offices In China

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 13, 2012

Today’s mobile news roundup features Nokia’s China units closure, Chrome mobile being sued for patent infringement, Apple’s new app category, and StealthGenie the updated cell phone tracker for Android ICS devices. Nokia closes shop…

Join the Big Data Listening Party: Echo Nest Gets $17.3M Funding

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 12, 2012

Echo Nest, the music intelligence platform, announced the closing of a $17.3 million financing round led by Norwest Venture Partners with the participation of prior investors Matrix Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Fringe Partners, Jim…

Square Feeling Threatened by UK Rival? Sends Cease and Desist to mPowa

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 12, 2012

There’s a lot of cases being filed lately for patent infringement in the mobile space, or in layman’s terms, imitation. And Square, the mobile payments service provider, just sent a cease and desist letter…

Mellisa Tolentino

RIM Fined $147M in Milestone Patent Infringement Case, Could Affect All Smartphones

Yahoo! Mail App Used in Android “Botnet” Spam E-mails

Microsft-NBC Divorce: A 16 Year History

Monday Mobile Roundup: AT&T Halves Nokia Lumia Price

Zuckerberg Expects Facebook Mobile Roll Out to be a Breeze

Can Windows 8 Revive The PC Era?

Is Apple Abandoning All Plans of Going Green?

Nokia Closes Two Sales Offices In China

Square Feeling Threatened by UK Rival? Sends Cease and Desist to mPowa

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