Rick O'Neill

I am a NCTJ-qualified writer and editor living in Beijing, China. 

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Mastering Brand Communications: Crafting an Effective Strategy for CES 2024

Excitement is building ahead of the largest consumer tech event of the year – CES 2024, set to take place from January 9 – 12 in Las Vegas. With over 130,000 attendees, 3,500 exhibitors, and 1,000 startups expected to attend over the event’s four days at the Las Vegas Convention Center, CES 2024 is on track to surpass the phenomenal numbers seen at CES 2023, which saw a surge in attendance from the previous year as the event got back to a sense of pre-COVID normality.

Under the theme “ALL TOGET
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Hohem Launches New AI Gimbal Stabilizer Hohem GO to Effortlessly Catch Life's Most Precious Moments - PR Newswire APAC

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hohem, a global-leading gimbal technology company, has launched its latest cutting-edge product, the Hohem GO. The gimbal stabilizer has a built-in camera which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to track users whenever they want to take a photo or video with smartphone or tablet, without the need for an app or bluetooth.

Hohem GO's AI face auto-tracking system, powered by a vision sensor and AI chip, enables smart tracking immediately a
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Galaxy Blitz DAO: Giving YOU a Say on the Direction of the Project

Galaxy Blitz DAO: Giving YOU a Say on the Direction of the Project

The ultimate goal of Galaxy Blitz is to create a completely decentralized game. To give the power to you, the player. A significant step to creating the goal is the creation of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). This DAO gives everyone an opportunity to have a say in the direction of where Galaxy Blitz goes as a project.

How to take part

To take part in the DAO, you need to stake $MIT, the in-game token of Galaxy B
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Galaxy Blitz Insurgence — Wiki

Talus faction is a cross between intelligent organic life form (humans) and non-organic AI. Lives thousands of years until they merge into other intelligent life forms or evolve into a complete new species. By nature they are not warrior class but has grown into highly skillful rangers adapting to hostile galactic environment. Their unmatched computational ability gives them high advantage in calculating and making statistical prediction of battle outcome. But they are vulnerable to surprise att
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MIT: The In-Game Token of Galaxy Blitz

Galaxy Blitz is the web 3.0 game which sees gamers build civilizations and compete for resources in remote galaxies.

Fundamental to the in-game economy is the MIT token. In the game, it can be used to speed up construction of and to repair/heal NFTs. It can also be used in the marketplace, for various NFTs or resources.

In this article, we’ll look at the token from the following aspects:
• How to obtain MIT (through exchanges and in-game rewards)
• Utility in the game (consumption on the block
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Galaxy Blitz Mystery Box NFT Sale Round 2

Galaxy Blitz, the Play-To-Earn combat strategy NFT game, has just launched its full playable demo, with the full version set for release in iOS and Android in Q2 of 2022. The game is set in the distant future, as four unique highly evolved descendants of humanity fight for dominance in battles on both land and in space.

The highly experienced team is dedicated to providing players with an immersive and cutting-edge gaming experience and see great potential in utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) as
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Galaxy Blitz Planet Mystery Boxes on Binance NFT Marketplace

Galaxy Blitz is delighted to announce our Mystery Box NFT sale partnership with the Binance NFT Marketplace, the one-stop place for NFTs!

A limited number of 5800 Mystery Boxes will be on sale from 11th April 11.00 (UTC).

These will be priced at 85 BUSD each.

A Mystery Box will consist of a hero, spaceship, or weapon from one faction (Scourge, Talus, Endari, Centra), and will be one of 12 designs.

It could consist of a Normal (N), Rare (R), Super Rare (SR), or Super Rare Rare (SSR) NFT.

Wha
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Galaxy Blitz IDO: Get Ready for Take Off!

In this article, we’ll give you the lowdown on:

Before we launch the game, we’re delighted to be able to share with you details about our IDO, ahead of the TGE of the MIT token on the 23rd March.

Our team has been working around the clock over the past few months, putting the finishing touches to our Play-to-Earn combat strategy NFT game which is coming soon to a blockchain near you!

Galaxy Blitz IDO: Get Ready for Take Off!

Let’s look at our launchpad partners in some more detail and how yo
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B2B eCommerce Series Part 3: How to Leverage Your Digital Assets in B2B eCommerce

In B2B eCommerce Series 2: Assessing Digital Maturity for B2B eCommerceWant to assess where your company's digital maturity is right now? Look no further than part 2 of TMO Group's 6 part series on B2B eCommerce.part two of our eight part series of digital transformation in B2B eCommerce in China, we discussed how companies in the field can assess their level of digital maturity, and how COVID-19 has rendered it necessary, (if it wasn’t already before the pandemic), for companies to ramp up thei
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B2B eCommerce Series 2: Assessing Digital Maturity for B2B eCommerce

In article 1 of our 8 part series on conducting B2B eCommerce in China, we looked at digital transformation. In this article, we look at how companies can assess their digital maturity when embarking on B2B eCommerce.

According to a recent survey that TMO Group conducted among eCommerce professionals, most respondents believe that digital transformation plays an important role in the long-term eCommerce strategy of companies. We also list some of the main challenges that companies face, and wha
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B2B eCommerce Series Part 1: Digital Transformation in China

The B2B eCommerce market in China has grown significantly in recent years, and it is showing no signs of slowing down. Indeed, there has no better time to enter the market.

As a digital commerce solution provider. TMO Group has more than 10 years of experience in helping companies implement eCommerce. We have discovered from our experience in many projects that, unlike in the business-to-consumer field (B2C), most business-to-business (B2B) companies in every industry will face similar difficul
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China's Best-Selling Makeup Brands & Products on 618

In the last few years, the June 18th shopping ‘holiday’ (also known as 6-18) has burst onto the Chinese shopping calendar, second only in importance and sales to ‘11-11.’

It has grown into such a big online shopping event across the whole of China that sales begin around a month before the big day, with June 1st actually now the biggest day for sales.

Sales were particularly strong in the China Makeup Market Data Pack June 2020June 2020 report covers China makeup market stats, trends, changes
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11 Best Altcoins That Are Actually A Potential Trade in 2021

2020 and 2021 (so far) have been a rollercoaster for the financial markets, and the crypto markets are no exception. While Bitcoin may take the spotlight for hitting its all-time high, the altcoins‘ projections remain alluring too. Of course, many retail and institutional traders and investors naturally flock to the crypto sector. But as Bitcoin, Ether, and other altcoins are chasing new all-time highs, many newcomers may want to know what the best altcoins are and what lies ahead.

According to
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What is Cryptocurrency?

Of course, you’ve heard of fiat, stocks, or commodities trading, but cryptocurrency might be something new. To help you understand what cryptocurrency is all about, we highlighted some essential crypto facts and the hypes circulating the crypto space. We dissect the differences of Bitcoin, altcoins, blockchain technologies, and the latest projects, including Decentralized Finance (DeFi), to help you get better clarity on cryptocurrency. To start, start by understanding what cryptocurrency is all about.
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What Is DeFi? (A Beginner's Guide to Decentralized Finance)

It’s fair to say that DeFi has been one of the buzz terms of 2020, certainly in the world of crypto. DeFi tokens have been among the year’s best performing digital assets, with numerous seeing huge gains. But, crypto traders alike are still struggling to comprehend what DeFi is all about.

DeFi, standing for Decentralized Finance, takes the decentralized concept of cryptocurrency and applies it to the world of finance. Built upon the blockchains of cryptocurrencies, the range of DeFi application
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A Beginner's Guide: What Is Blockchain? (2021)

Anyone who has even a passing interest in cryptocurrency has probably heard the word ‘blockchain’ branded about. And no doubt many of those who know the term also know that blockchain technology is behind Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies. But what else do you know about blockchain? How does it work? What uses does it have? And what about blockchain’s prospects in the future? All is revealed in this article.

Blockchain technology can be defined as a system of decentralized public ledgers
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The Bitcoin Halving

The time has finally come for the Bitcoin halving. The most eagerly anticipated crypto event of the year, possibly of the century (and therefore, ever!) is finally upon us. But what does it mean? Will it affect Bitcoin’s price? And what are some key figures from the crypto community (and further afield) saying about it?

What is the Bitcoin halving?

This particular Bitcoin halving is the third to take place. They have occurred every 210,000 blocks that have been mined on the blockchain, which i
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Bitcoin Media Coverage: Is It Fair?

Last week saw the widely commemorated anniversary in the cryptocurrency world of Bitcoin Pizza Day. This marks the occasion on May 22, 2010 when a Florida computer programmer exchanged 10,000 Bitcoin for two of Papa John’s finest pizzas. Yes, you read that right. It is perhaps without coincidence then that the producers of the longest-running news show in the US, 60 Minutes, chose last week to feature this story and a general feature on Bitcoin on the show, giving much of mainstream America real
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Youth the key for developing Chinese football - Chinadaily.com.cn

The Asian Cup final between China and Japan at Workers' Stadium in Beijing took place on Aug 7 2004. It was the first time the tournament had been held on the Chinese mainland.

The game finished 3-1 to Japan, but it marked a significant achievement for the Chinese men's football team, having only reached the final once before, in 1984.

This came off the back of China's first ever qualification for the World Cup two years earlier in Japan and South Korea. It seemed that in the early 2000s that
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Fintech to pave way for more responsible, convenient society

The role of fintech in the development of a social credit system was discussed by Chinese government officials and technology experts from around the world at the Fintech and Construction of a Social Credit System Forum on the second day of the fifth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Nov 8.

Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, laid out how technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data and blockchain are being applied to the financial i
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