Another remarkable CES is in the history books.

After six annual trips to CES, it is now fairly easy to conclude that fantasy is easy and integration is hard. It's one thing to imagine the future, and so much of that is the fun of attending CES, but creating, building and implementing something of value to consumers is often elusive. So much of what is seen at CES never makes it to market.

Here are 8 reality checks from our time at CES:

5G is not yet real - 5G has been touted for years with speeds expected to exceed 4G by a factor of 10, making it as fast as home broadband. But where is it? In spite of heavy marketing, there are no phones with true 5G on the market in the U.S. What's out today is 5G TF, which is a lite version. Verizon has postponed their rollout a few times now.

One would think smart speakers in kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms, would be a fantastic growth opportunity for podcast listening in the home, yet for the most part, that hasn't happened. Right now, according to listening data from thousands of podcasts ...

We have come a long way from Bruce Springsteen's lament back in 1992, "There are 57 channels, and nothin' on." There has never been a better time for content creators. There are a bunch of new streaming TV services rolling out including HBO Max, Apple TV, and Disney ...

Much has been written, including this blog, about how in-car listening is likely to change once smart speaker technology enters the auto. What happens when you can simply ask for audio from any source - any podcast, The Beatles on Spotify, an update on the score of the ...

If you are like me, it is easy to become overwhelmed as the podcast data flows like water from a hose in various news articles, tweets and sessions at the recent Podcast Movement conference. I sorted through some key numbers that resonated with me. 1 Million The ...

From podcasts to social to digital video, content marketing is attracting a lot of attention as of late, but this "it" marketing tactic is actually one of advertising's more enduring traditions. Like a classic novel or a beloved movie, advertising that emphasizes ...

Without a doubt, it is fascinating watching a new business and ecosystem develop in just a few short years. Last week in the heat of July, a few thousand people gathered on the downtown Newark, New Jersey campus of NJIT to talk about all things related to Voice. ...

© New Yorker There was a bit of industry stir in social media regarding my post on Tuesday about the number of podcasts actively in production out of the 706,000 listed titles (18% in a three-month period). In addition, Edison's Tom Webster ...

© Last August (read: not that long ago), I posted a blog exploring how many of the 540,000 podcasts in existence at the time were still in production. Fast forward to now and the number of podcasts has ticked up to 706,000 according to Blubrry who tracks these ...

The podcast related tech news has been coming at us like a fire hose over the past few days. It is worth taking a stab at distilling it down. Apple: "Lets turn our attention to podcasts" You gotta love when Apple begins a segment of their developer's conference with ...