“Things I’ve Learned from Lately” is a regular compilation of articles that have made me a smarter marketer. Hopefully, they’ll help you, too.

You May Have Purchased Your Last Phone - Mat Honan of WIRED looks at how our relationships with our phones have changed. We’ve shifted from voice to using data, which has meant the need for larger and larger phones. Honan argues that what we need aren’t phones with voice plans. We need tablets with data plans.

Taking Control of the Dashboard - With CES now in full swing, we’re seeing that it isn’t tablets or even TVs taking center stage. Everyone is talking about cars, and this piece by Gabe Nelson of AdAge looks at the growing tension between software companies like Apple and automakers to control the smarts behind smarter cars.

Not Driving in an Autonomous Vehicle - What is it like to drive in a self-driving car? Alex Davies has the answer. He spent two days driving an autonomous Audi A7. It’s “mundane, almost boring."