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Infographic of the Day: China's Growing Wealth Gap. Okay, this chart by Visual Economics might might be one of the ugliest infographics we've ever featured.

Infographic of the Day: China's Growing Wealth Gap

But there's an important set of messages here. Maybe it seems like China's eventual global dominance is inevitable. It's not: China has some severe problems to solve, if its economy is to eventually surpass ours. For one, the environment there has already become disastrously polluted, threatening food production; for another, after decades of communism, they still haven't proven that they can innovate and create intellectual capital--rather than simply copying and manufacturing.

(One example: Chinese university education still relies on rote memorization.) But social unrest is probably the biggest challenge. Pundits have often said that for the Communist Party to hold onto power, it has to deliver 10% yearly growth (the recent, historic rate). The Rise of Social Network Ad Spending Infographic. This post was written by Jenny Urbano, our Social Media Manager.

The Rise of Social Network Ad Spending Infographic

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Infographic: The Mac Timeline + Reflections

It shows the evolution of Apple products over the past 20 years till 2008, where each time stamp represents a change or innovation. The infographic is certainly impressive. While we admire how others have progressed, I wonder if we should also track our own business performance in the same way. But first, the Mac Timeline [Click to enlarge] Reflections Apple’s and Google’s timeline gave me a different perspective to how we can go about analyzing business performance.

If your business hasn’t been innovating or improving, it is time to make a change. Of course, it is always easier said than done. Infographic via Wired, Stock photo powered by pixmac. Round up: Latest Developments in Marketing Tech. Marketing isn’t what it used to be.

Round up: Latest Developments in Marketing Tech

Today we’ve got billboards that can ascertain our ages and genders, movie trailers that can change in real time depending on who the viewer is, and mobile apps that can detect what commercial is airing on TV and send viewers related coupons on their phones. And that’s just a start. There’s no doubt technology is ushering in some fascinating new ways of connecting brands with consumers. In fact, to say technology is rapidly evolving doesn’t even fit anymore.

Disruptive is an adjective more likely to be used today because, honestly, tech exponentially builds on itself, resulting in a veritable sandstorm of innovation. “There’s definitely a renaissance of marketing technology,” says Andrew Frank, research vice president in Gartner’s media industry group. Here is our roundup of 10 of the latest developments in technology that can impact your marketing. 1. The award-winning box is now on world tour doling out brand recognition as it goes. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.