Updating Your Facebook Status at 65mph

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BMW's iDrive system allows users to access popular features such as Yelp.

Americans spend much of their time sitting in two places: behind the wheel of their cars and in front of their computer screens. So it makes sense that Detroit auto companies and Silicon Valley tech companies would eventually try to figure out how to combine the two activities. Reporter: Andrea Kissack

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