{"id":6871,"date":"2017-06-15T12:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6871"},"modified":"2017-06-15T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:56:43","slug":"technology-automatic-acquired-by-sirius-xm-change-to-mapbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/15\/technology-automatic-acquired-by-sirius-xm-change-to-mapbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: Automatic Acquired by Sirius XM + Change to Mapbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3009,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/investor.siriusxm.com\\\/investor-overview\\\/press-releases\\\/press-release-details\\\/2017\\\/SiriusXM-Acquires-Automatic-Labs-Inc\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220524191205\\\/https:\\\/\\\/investor.siriusxm.com\\\/investor-overview\\\/press-releases\\\/press-release-details\\\/2017\\\/SiriusXM-Acquires-Automatic-Labs-Inc\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 02:19:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-07 13:18:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 09:14:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 07:52:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 07:52:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I didn\u2019t update to the latest version of Automatic because I saw this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s New in Version 3.9.3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>UPDATE<br \/>\u2022 We\u2019ve had to switch road data providers, and unfortunately the new one doesn\u2019t yet offer speed limit information. Now, Weekly Drive Stats won\u2019t include a graph of time spent over\/under the speed limit. Sorry about this. We\u2019d love to add it back when it becomes available.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m always cautious about this because some map providers have some additional terms where their customers have to share the user data back with them and I was worried it was a change to a map provider I don\u2019t want to be giving data to like Google. I received this back from support when I asked them about the change:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Thank you for contacting us. We are now using MapBox for road data, which we were already using for mapping purposes. We don&#8217;t share data with them at all, and nothing has changed with our Terms of Service.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mapbox is an API \/ Server-side implementation of Open Street Map. A lot of companies use them so I\u2019m okay with the change. Nothing to fret about.<\/p>\n<p>While researching the map provider change, <a href=\"http:\/\/investor.siriusxm.com\/investor-overview\/press-releases\/press-release-details\/2017\/SiriusXM-Acquires-Automatic-Labs-Inc\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I saw this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I wish Automatic (and the other Adam Jackson, an investor in the company) a lot of success in the coming years. SiriusXM was the last suitor I\u2019d have imagined would grab this company up. I kind of always hoped my employer would buy them but I don\u2019t work anywhere near M&amp;A so it\u2019s not like I heard any rumblings. I just had some wishful thinking. But more appropriate buyer would have been an auto-maker or insurance company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Either way, I think this\u2019ll be good for Automatic and I hope they continue to innovate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t update to the latest version of Automatic because I saw this: What&#8217;s New in Version 3.9.3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-06-15T12:56:50Z","apple_news_api_id":"85d3216d-0366-4160-8bc9-2dc12c183222","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-06-15T12:56:52Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AhdMhbQNmQWCLyS3BLBgyIg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1MP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7554,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/08\/29\/rants-john-nack-of-blue-marble-global-cant-follow-directions\/","url_meta":{"origin":6871,"position":0},"title":"Rants: John Nack of Blue Marble Global Can&#8217;t follow directions","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I receive an email: Blue Marble has been named Global Payroll Provider of the Year! 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