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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.

Zynga Takes on Mobile Gaming with 4 Acquisitions

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 19, 2012

Zynga, creator of popular massive multiplayer online games such as Farmville, Mafia Wars, and CityVille, and had their successful IPO last December, acquired four mobile gaming companies. In an interview with Reuters, Zynga’s top…

Mobile Cloud 101: Leaders, Underdogs and Innovation

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 16, 2012

Perhaps you’ve noticed a growing theme around connected devices, especially thanks to CES last week. Mobility lies at the center of this trend, and the mobile cloud will become an increasingly important term for…

iPhone 4S China Launch Stirs Angry Mob of Apple Fans

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 13, 2012

Apple is well known for creating so much hype in their products that people go ballistic. Apple fans even go to the extremes of falling in-line for 12 hours or more just so they…

Users Split over Facebook “Listen With” Feature

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 13, 2012

Last year Facebook kicked up their offerings up a few notches, especially after Google+ launched. It’s not like they’re just about to watch someone else take the spotlight away from them, like they did…

Google’s “Share Plus Your World” Raises More Privacy Issues

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 12, 2012

Google has been known as “The Search Giant” for years now, and people who were annoyed by commonly asked questions came up with a snappy retort to these unending queries: “Google it.” Last year,…

LG Signs Microsoft Patent Deal, Faces Fines for Price Fixing

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 12, 2012

LG Corp., the second-largest South Korean electronics conglomerate company, is creating quite a big buzz, starting with product launches at this year’s CES, and now, they’re caught up in patent deals, looking to investors…

Foxconn Mass Suicide Averted after Worker Negotiations

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 12, 2012

What if you’ve been working your butt off, but when you ask for a raise in salary your boss tells to either quit your job and receive compensation, or keep your job but receive…

Sony Gives Google TV Another Chance but Not Through Smart TV

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 11, 2012

Back in October of last year, Google released the much needed update for Google TV. The 2.0 version of Google TV is much simpler, like they went to basics, which is actually good as…

Connected Vision: Sony vs. Samsung CES

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 11, 2012

There are a lot of exhibitors at this year’s CES and it can be overwhelming just looking at what they have to offer. Still, you can’t get enough of the top brands showing off…

Trojan Poses as CarrierIQ Solution

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 11, 2012

In November of last year, the mobile world was rattled when news of the CarrierIQ app secretly logging keystrokes and other mobile activities broke out. People became paranoid and wanted to get rid of…