{"id":25053,"date":"2016-05-16T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=25053"},"modified":"2016-05-15T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T00:32:16","slug":"newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &#8220;Johnny Cab&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a lot of fun to speculate about a future Apple product, particularly one that has, as yet, not been officially announced. With a dearth of major announcements from Apple, might as well use our crystal balls and ouija boards to figure out where all that extra R&amp;D cash is going.<\/p>\n<p>The key rumor has it that an Apple Car is under development. You\u2019ve read about the possible locations of the development and test facilities, and the names of some executives who might be working on the project. It is said that personnel have been recruited from major car companies, and even Tesla Motors is said to have waged a hiring war with Apple to grab the best people.<\/p>\n<p>According to some reports, one Steve Zadesky said to be one of the key executives for what has been called \u201cProject Titan,\u201d left Apple for one reason or another. Spending over 16 years with the company, Zadesky reportedly worked on the iPod and iPhone, but, in 2014, he was named to head the alleged project to create what has been called an Apple Car. Make that Apple Car to employ Apple\u2019s penchant for referring to its products as proper names. Oh, yes, Zadesky was once an engineer at Ford Motor, so he had some car cred.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859\/#cab\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a lot of fun to speculate about a future Apple product, particularly one that has, as yet, not been officially announced. With a dearth of major announcements from Apple, might as well use our crystal balls and ouija boards to figure out where all that extra R&amp;D cash is going. The key rumor has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[202,15013,15697,26,205,15696,15074,15698,14419],"class_list":["post-25053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apple","tag-apple-car","tag-ford-motor","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-project-tesla","tag-project-titan","tag-steve-zadesky","tag-tesla-motors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &quot;Johnny Cab&quot;? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &quot;Johnny Cab&quot;? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s a lot of fun to speculate about a future Apple product, particularly one that has, as yet, not been officially announced. With a dearth of major announcements from Apple, might as well use our crystal balls and ouija boards to figure out where all that extra R&amp;D cash is going. The key rumor has [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gene Steinberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@technightowl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@technightowl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gene Steinberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gene Steinberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a\"},\"headline\":\"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &#8220;Johnny Cab&#8221;?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"keywords\":[\"Apple\",\"Apple Car\",\"Ford Motor\",\"Iphone\",\"Ipod\",\"Project Tesla\",\"Project Titan\",\"Steve Zadesky\",\"Tesla Motors\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a \\\"Johnny Cab\\\"? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &#8220;Johnny Cab&#8221;?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gene Steinberg&#039;s Mac Radio Tech Blog\",\"description\":\"Tech Commentaries From Best-Selllng Author Gene Steinberg\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a\",\"name\":\"Gene Steinberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Gene Steinberg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.technightowl.live\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a \"Johnny Cab\"? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a \"Johnny Cab\"? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl","og_description":"It\u2019s a lot of fun to speculate about a future Apple product, particularly one that has, as yet, not been officially announced. With a dearth of major announcements from Apple, might as well use our crystal balls and ouija boards to figure out where all that extra R&amp;D cash is going. The key rumor has [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/","og_site_name":"Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl","article_published_time":"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00","author":"Gene Steinberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@technightowl","twitter_site":"@technightowl","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gene Steinberg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/"},"author":{"name":"Gene Steinberg","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a"},"headline":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &#8220;Johnny Cab&#8221;?","datePublished":"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/"},"wordCount":229,"keywords":["Apple","Apple Car","Ford Motor","Iphone","Ipod","Project Tesla","Project Titan","Steve Zadesky","Tesla Motors"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/","url":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/","name":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a \"Johnny Cab\"? - Gene Steinberg&#039;s Tech Night Owl","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-05-16T07:00:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2016\/05\/newsletter-issue-859-is-the-apple-car-a-johnny-cab\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Newsletter Issue #859: Is the Apple Car a &#8220;Johnny Cab&#8221;?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/","name":"Gene Steinberg&#039;s Mac Radio Tech Blog","description":"Tech Commentaries From Best-Selllng Author Gene Steinberg","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0fe9df12a34fed15d45e05db1c205e2a","name":"Gene Steinberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24fa8d75c69c3030b03da85850df6d736f514f8393b61cc4ac158168b192df2e?s=96&r=r","caption":"Gene Steinberg"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.technightowl.live"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}