University of Toronto

Just off the University of Toronto campus, there’s a small publishing house that’s adopted a way to compete the growing tide of e-books. Heidi Waechtler works as a publishing assistant at Coach House. “Coach House offers individuals who purchase our print books (directly or through a store) a free e-book format of the same title,” she said. “‘Bundling’ is becoming increasingly common among book publishers. Some charge an additional price, but others offer it for free.”

Slightly larger than an inch wide and an inch long, the multi-sensor activity tracker that Ali Nawab is wearing connects to his smartphone. It simplifies his daily activities. “The Internet is almost everywhere now,” he said, “(and) the processing power of microchips (has) improved over the last few years so when you transport data to say a smartphone it has become a lot more efficient.”