Metro stations and parks in Paris will see installation of 3,000 Bluetooth-enabled smart benches and other urban amenities that will transmit real-time data to help city officials keep a track of possible migration of these public properties between parks and different locations.
Gartner has predicted that the enterprise and automotive IoT market will grow to 4.8 billion endpoints by the end of 2019 – and 5.8bn endpoints in 2020.
Smart doorbell company Ring has forged a relationship with over 400 police forces to provide them with video clips from users' devices.
The BBC has announced plans to launch its own virtual assistant next year in a surprising move that will see it go head-to-head against established giants.
