Consumers want an end-product with elegant, plug-and-play simplicity.

FORBES: How Blur Devours Brands

While billboard in modern day NYC in Grand Theft Auto might fit right in with the environment, how do you plug a product on an alien planet in the year 2553 in Halo, or do the same in a fictional medieval world filled with dragons and orcs in Skyrim?

FORBES: Analyst Says Video Game Advertising Will Double by 2016

Just plug in your product and prices preferences and the app develops a shopping list that updates automatically across all your devices.

FORBES: The Best Apps For Smart Black Friday Shopping

Freshdesk had initially hoped its results would show apps with customer support crushing their support-less counterparts since the company offers app developers a free plug-in software product, MobiHelp, to serve as a layered-on customer support solution.

FORBES: When Mobile Shoppers Get Mad, Don't Just Leave Them Your Number

ODMs, as its rivals do, to plug any gaps in its product line.

ECONOMIST: Nokia

Simply plug any Mac- supported Clickfree product into a USB connection and Clickfree does the rest.

ENGADGET: Clickfree gone wild at CES: 1TB drive, Mac support and online backup

It's not quite plug-and-play, as you'll have to head over to the product page to scoop up a driver, but once you do, you're pretty much set.

ENGADGET: Zoom Q2HD Handy Video Recorder lets you stream and record on the move, we go hands-on

Meanwhile, Nissan is moving its Leaf to a main, integrated production line, Toyota sold 12, 750 units of it plug-in Prius in the first full year, and BMW is apparently moving a fantastic product (while investing in a carbon-fiber factory in Washington State).

FORBES: Simon Says 'Charge Your EV At The Mall'

Unless Fiat-Chrysler has a secret plan to power cars with giant, watch-like mainsprings, electrification (along the spectrum of hybrid, plug-in, and battery-electric vehicle designs) will be a growing part of the product story in the U.S. Why curse it?

WSJ: Fiat 500e Review: The Bosses Don't Love It, but You Will