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How Can Social Media Managers Win At Wimbledon?

  It’s strawberry season again which is great news for tennis players and social media managers alike. Since the introduction in 1877 of a male-only amateur tennis tournament at The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon has become an international phenomenon. Remaining one

The Shocking Story Of Thomas Cook And Its Belated Apology

  Thomas Cook is one of the world’s most well-known names in travel, but in May they faced a mass consumer backlash which threatens the very core of the company after they refused to apologise for the deaths of two children on one if its

The Facebook Post That Saved A Woman’s Life

  The information age gets a lot of bad press. As a social media-marketing agency, we know this better than most. In an era of email, text messages, Facebook and Twitter, this addiction to technology is supposedly making us less efficient, and less intelligent… Many

Tinder Acquires Tappy For $10 Million

  You may well be familiar with Tinder, even if you don’t publicly admit it. It’s the social matchmaking mobile app that allows its users to set a specific radius and have the option to match with anybody within that distance. Tappy on the other

The Apprentice 2014 – Was It Really a Winning Business Idea?

  Did you catch the 2014 series of The Apprentice? Here at Giraffe we were particularly enthralled to see contestants taking part whose business ideas involved digital marketing – to some degree. The victor – who won a £250,000 investment to go in to business with

FCC Consider Internet ‘Fast Lanes’

  Cable and telecoms companies are pushing for the ability to create Internet ‘fast lanes’ for high volume customers (those who use sites such as Netflix for example) that take up a lot of bandwidth. This may not seem like such a bad idea on

Are The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Really Worth The Money?

  After the long speculation, rumours and leaked photographs, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus came out a few weeks ago. Unsurprisingly, Apple had a great pre-order amount for both of their products. More than four million customers ordered in just 24 hours

How Will Yahoo’s Purchase Really Effect Tumblr?

  Yahoo is well known to many of us, be it for their success in making revenue from advertisements, email service, news reports, videos, games or Flickr. So when the company’s chief executive purchased the Tumblr for £723 million pounds back in 2013, it may have

Social Media And The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

  If you’ve spent any time on social media lately chances are you’ve probably noticed a lot of celebrities who have been drenching themselves with buckets of ice cold water. Perhaps you’ve been wondering what it’s all about? Well, it’s called the ALS Ice Bucket