On this episode of HomeTech: Popular automation app, Stringify, announces imminent shutdown. Is the Wink Hub on life support? The truth behind Amazon’s Eero acquisition. YouTube TV becomes the latest streaming service to hike prices. T-Mobile launches TVision cable TV offering. The IKEA-Sonos speaker-lamp lovechild. First-run movies now streaming in the home (if you can afford it). Netflix abruptly kills AirPlay. And more…

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Show Notes

• Requiring a Service Contract… Will It Work?
• HomeTech Headlines
  • Stringify Surprises No One by Announcing Imminent Shutdown | The DMZ
  • Why We Can’t Recommend Wink Hubs Anymore
  • How Amazon's $97 million Eero acquisition screwed employees and minted millionaires
  • Millions of Netflix users are using someone else’s password, but that’s not bad for Netflix
  • YouTube TV costs $50 per month after another price hike
  • T-Mobile launches TVision cable TV service priced at $90/month
  • New Vivint Pro Program is ‘Dream’ RMR Opportunity for Home-Tech Channel
  • Ikea and Sonos made the ultimate speaker lamp
  • SYMFONISK: Stereo Furniture by Sonos and IKEA | Sonos
  • Apple Drops HomePod Price to $299, Down From $349
  • The Super Rich Can Now Stream Movies Still in Theaters to Their Penthouses
  • Netflix confirms it killed AirPlay support, won’t let you beam shows to Apple TVs anymore
• Pic of the Week
  • This is the first real picture of a black hole
  • How to take a picture of a black hole