{"id":5031,"date":"2015-09-25T14:16:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2015-09-23T16:11:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:11:58","slug":"linked-people-are-paying-for-car-tech-they-arent-even-using","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/25\/linked-people-are-paying-for-car-tech-they-arent-even-using\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “People Are Paying For Car Tech They Aren’t Even Using”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Jalopnik<\/a>\u00a0and Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The most underused feature was in-vehicle concierge systems that can recommend nearby restaurants or gas stations. It was not used by 43 percent of respondents and followed by mobile routers that turn a car into a Wifi hot spot, unused by 38 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n

Automatic parking systems were unused by 35 percent of those surveyed, the report found.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Auto makers seem to be doing everything they can to capture market share. Cars are faster, more fuel efficient, bigger and smaller than they were decades ago. Technology features are abundant but the mind-share of humans while driving is still quite small. 50 buttons that control 100 features are simply too many for people.<\/p>\n

I think autonomous driving will be the next evolution. The cool tech distractions of today\u2019s automobiles are temporary band-aids for what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Jalopnik\u00a0and Reuters: The most underused feature was in-vehicle concierge systems that can recommend nearby restaurants or gas…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:15:50Z","apple_news_api_id":"25b1cb15-5734-4314-b3db-e80009ce0258","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:15:50Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJbHLFVc0QxSz2-gACc4CWA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1j9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7120,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/13\/linked-nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-now-own-at-least-one-apple-product\/","url_meta":{"origin":5031,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Now Own at Least One Apple Product”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via MacRumors: A new survey conducted by CNBC has found that 64 percent of Americans own an Apple product of some kind, a number that's increased from 50 percent in a similar survey published in 2012. and Apple device ownership rates dip below 50 percent in the 2017 survey for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5918,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/linked-wired-thinks-https-can-help-fight-vs-ad-blocking\/","url_meta":{"origin":5031,"position":1},"title":"Linked: “Wired thinks https can help fight vs ad blocking”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via DigiDay: Wired has a bigger ad blocking problem than the average publication, owing to its tech-savvy audience. 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