{"id":5092,"date":"2015-09-29T23:08:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T23:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2015-09-29T23:08:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T23:08:55","slug":"technology-automatic-continues-to-innovate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/technology-automatic-continues-to-innovate\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: Automatic continues to innovate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve written about Automatic, the car dongle a few times. Not only is it now a fantastic platform for tracking my trips and where I go even when the iPhone is not present but their dashboard has a lot of power and shows me for example where my mechanic went with my car when he was done installing some new hardware or I can have performance monitoring apps running over Bluetooth powered by Automatic. It\u2019s really quite amazing.<\/p>\n

The latest thing is Automatic Labs –\u00a0https:\/\/dashboard.automatic.com\/?#labs\u00a0<\/p>\n

They have some new really interesting things and more will be added over time. I am showcasing my favorites below:<\/p>\n

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\"Automatic's<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve written about Automatic, the car dongle a few times. 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