Episode 556 - Too Sucky to Fail

On this week's show: iRobot vacuums up a bankruptcy filing and is scooped up by Picea, Apollo launches a new four-button mini-keyboard, Shelly drops a new all-in-one smart plug, WiiM continues its crusade against Sonos with a compact speaker, Homey launches a self-hosted option, and Emerald (parent company of CEDIA Expo) might be for sale. All this news, letters from the mailbag, CES Pre-Game discussions, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• Apollo Automation Donates $4,200 to CASA of Lexington and Open Home Fo - Apollo Automation (apolloautomation.com/blogs/news/apollo-automat…)
• HomeTech Headlines• iRobot files for bankruptcy - The Verge (theverge.com/news/844460/irobot-files-for-bank…)
• Who is Picea Robotics, Roomba’s new owner? - The Verge (theverge.com/news/844474/who-is-picea-robotics…)
• BTN-1 Macro Deck - Apollo Automation (apolloautomation.com/products/btn-1-macro-deck)
• WiiM Just Expanded Its Wireless Speaker Lineup with the Leaner Sound Lite - CEPRO (cepro.com/news/wiim-just-expanded-its-wireless…)
• Homey Self-Hosted Server – Run Homey on your hardware - homey.app (homey.app/en-ca/homey-self-hosted-server)
• Shelly Plug US Gen4 – Smart Plug for Home Automation (1800W) - Shelly USA - Shelly USA (us.shelly.com/products/shelly-plug-us-gen4-white)
• Apparently for Sale, Emerald Board is Reviewing Multiple Offers to be Acquired - Strata-gee.com (strata-gee.com/apparently-for-sale-emerald-say…)