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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.

Over 200,000 Swedish Login Details at Risk Due to Hacking Incident

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 27, 2011

So we’ve been hearing a lot hacking news this year and it’s only getting worse. Large corporations like Sony fell victim to hackers which led to a lot of accounts in the Sony PlayStation…

Green Expansion Is the Key to Facebook’s Arctic Datacenter

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 27, 2011

These days, with the boom in mobile computing, companies need to accommodate the growth of data generated, especially when almost every company now offers some sort of cloud service. But when it comes to…

Dropbox for Teams is Good for Business

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 27, 2011

File sharing and storage in the cloud is probably a top priority for businesses and consumers today, especially now that most companies are allowing use of personal devices in the workplace. Everyone wants their…

RIM Faces Class Action Lawsuit over Network Outage

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 27, 2011

BlackBerry subscribers suffered a 4-day service outage a couple of weeks ago. The incident led to a mob of angry customers as most of them are from the business sector. The outage cost both…

Sony To Acquire Ericsson’s Shares for $1.5B

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 27, 2011

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is the joint venture of Sony Corp. and Ericsson AB. For 10 years, the two companies brought some pretty cool, mostly musically inclined phones to the market. But the…

Chrome 15 Released, Now Even More App-ealing

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 26, 2011

We can’t deny the fact that apps have been making our lives easier, and even more fun. This love for apps is what pushed Google into making the latest Chrome release to be more…

Slide to Unlock Apple’s New Patent Weapon

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 26, 2011

Apple has been protecting their patents by bringing culprits to court. And we all know that Apple’s crosshairs are aimed squarely on of devices using the Android platform. It’s no longer a mystery why Apple is…

Amazon’s Shares Down, Hopes To Comeback with Kindle Fire

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 26, 2011

Amazon launched the Kindle Fire tablet in the hopes to muscle in on another one of Apple’s territories. Nevertheless, their shares have plummeted this past quarter, leaving Amazon grasping for a solution to address their…

Of Smartphones and Prosthesis, Nokia is On a Roll

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 26, 2011

So what does a high-end smartphone, a low-end feature-smartphone, and a prosthetics arm have in common? Nokia, the Finnish phone maker who used to be popular in the mobile industry. In the past weeks,…

Lookout Mobile Security, Now for all Android Tablets

By Mellisa Tolentino Oct 26, 2011

A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan has been uncovered, presenting itself as a legitimate app update in order to sneak its way onto your phone. It’s the first time a Trojan has…