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

Mzinga Combines BI, Social Analytics with New Launch

Mzinga, a pioneer in social software and analytics solutions for businesses, has rolled out a major update to their flagship social business software suite, OmniSocial 2011. With the introduction of next-generation analytics and business intelligence, as well as powerful advancements in the social business ecosystem model, OmniSocial 2011 provides an enterprise-class solution for meeting and ...

Samsung Gears Up for Their “Prime” Event

“In everyday life, some things just go better together Cookies + milk = A better snack Coffee + newspaper = A better morning Planner + fountain pen = A better plan Wine + candles = A better moment Another perfect combination is just around the corner Get ready for it Something BIG is coming” If ...

What Jobs’ Life and Death Means to You

Genius.  Innovator.  Visionary.  Entrepreneur.  Friend.  Colleague.  Competitor.  Driving force.  These are just some of the words that describe Apple founder Steve Jobs.  And with the news of his passing spreading like a virus on the web, people are mourning and remembering Jobs in different ways. In Hong Kong, people are planning on an i-Vigil outside ...

Mobile Ads Shift with the Seasons: Millennial Media SMART Report

Mobile advertising, or any advertising, for that matter, changes every season and you can see how the mobile ad trends shift according to the time of year.  We’ve recently gone from summer into the ‘Back-to-school’ season, and now we’re transitioning into the holidays, starting Halloween then Thanksgiving, Christmas and then New Years. According to Millennial ...

Dell Gives Unsolicited Advice As HP Revives webOS

When Dell CEO Michael Dell took the stage at Oracle OpenWorld, what he said regarding Hewlett-Packard was quite surprising.  You’d think that since Dell and HP are direct competitors, Dell would be jumping with joy with HP’s plan of abandoning the PC business. During his speech, Dell did not outright say that HP should stay ...

Android Gingerbread Gains Shares, but Still Plagued With Fragmentation

Google’s Android is an open source platform which is used in a lot of smartphones and tablets, all contributing to Android growth and domination.  But this broad variety of devices using the Android platform also contributes to the OS’s fragmentation. At present, Android 2.2 aka Froyo dominates Android-based devices at 45.3%.  Google’s goal is to ...

Patent Wars Live On through iPhone 4S

In a hearing set in an Australian court yesterday, Apple said that they have to turn down Samsung’s latest offer, which could end their Australian feud, stating that they have to be firm with their decision so that Samsung and others will not continue to copy their products. It seems like Samsung did not take ...

NuCaptcha Goes Mobile, Takes On Security’s Last Frontier

 NuCaptcha, the “Human-Friendly” Captcha service, announced its Captcha solutions for mobile devices, available for all mobile platforms including Android and iOS platforms. The newly optimized mobile Captchas provide a better fit and faster loading times on mobile devices.  For example, when a user clicks on a mobile touch screen to solve a Captcha, it will ...

Spoiled Consumers! What if Apple Had Called it the iPhone 5 Anyway?

It seemed like the tech world stopped when Apple’s event began yesterday morning.  People were scouring to find a live stream video coverage of the event but most had to settle for blog updates.  Everyone were sitting at the edge of their seats waiting to hear the words “iPhone 5” but alas, only the iPhone ...

QLogic CTO Rob Davis Talks IO, Virtualization at #theCube

QLogic CTO Rob Davis dropped by theCube to sit with SiliconANGLE Founder John Furrier and Wikibon Founder Dave Vellante at Oracle OpenWorld this week, and shared his opinion regarding the event, IO, virtualization and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s opinion regarding the Ethernet. Oracle provides their virtualization product to the enterprise level, which brought them in ...