August 2020 – Page 7

ESI Digital Summer presents: Regional Esports Market Report – Europe

In anticipation of ESI Digital Summer (#ESIDIGITAL), presented by Kinguin LOUNGE, Esports Insider spoke with many of our esteemed panellists, partners, and presenters attending the conference to share their perspectives of…

lecrab 12 August 2020

Technology News

UK eyeing disclosure labels for online political campaigning

The U.K. government is considering changes to the law that would require online political campaign material to carry labels disclosing who is promoting and funding the messaging. The proposal, which…

lecrab 12 August 2020

eSports

Esports Entertainment Group set to acquire FLIP Sports assets

Gambling firm Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has signed a letter of intent to acquire select assets from mobile games studio FLIP Sports. FLIP Sports is the provider of proprietary in-play,…

lecrab 12 August 2020

eSports

FansUnite completes acquisition of Askott Entertainment

Sports entertainment company FansUnite has completed the acquisition of Vancouver-based iGaming software development firm Askott Entertainment. The two entities will merge to create a leading online gaming company focused on…

lecrab 12 August 2020

Technology News

TikTok is being investigated by France’s data watchdog

More worries for TikTok: A European data watchdog that’s landed the biggest blow on a tech giant to date — slapping Google with a $57M fine last year (upheld in…

lecrab 11 August 2020

Technology News

Building a fintech giant is very expensive

Venture capitalists and other investors have poured capital into fintech startups around the world in recent years, including a record number of rounds worth $100 million or more in the…

lecrab 11 August 2020

Technology News

Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230M Series A2 for Finnish phone maker, HMD Global

Mobile device maker HMD Global has announced a $230M Series A2 — its first tranche of external funding since a $100M round back in 2018 when it tipped over into…

lecrab 11 August 2020

eSports

The top Indian esports business developments in July 2020

We take a look at last month’s biggest stories from the world of Indian esports. This includes a renewed effort to promote Riot Games titles by PFG along with the…

lecrab 11 August 2020

Technology News

EU-US Privacy Shield is dead. Long live Privacy Shield

As the saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And so we arrive at the news, put out yesterday in the…

lecrab 11 August 2020

eSports

Tempo Storm cleans up with Dr. Squatch partnership

North American organisation Tempo Storm has unveiled a partnership with organic personal care brand Dr. Squatch. The deal is said to give the gaming community an increased awareness to sustainable and natural personal…

lecrab 10 August 2020