Selfie service

The old expression says that a picture is worth a thousand words, but a new service from BMO Financial Group and MasterCard could turn a picture into a personalized security feature.

Nicknamed “selfie pay,” the service requires users to literally take a selfie to validate their ID when making online purchases.

Read more here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mastercard-bmo-selfie-pay-1.3504616

Shopping in the digital age

There is no question that as technology evolves at an exponential rate, so too does the shopping experience. Even just 10 years ago, online shopping was seen as almost a novelty and hardly the norm. People wanted be in the store and experience the item in question. Touch it, try it, and take it for a spin. How quickly things have changed. Here are 3 more ways technology is shifting our shopping landscape. 

Read more here:
 http://www.socialmediatoday.com/technology-data/re-imagining-retail-3-ways-digital-technology-changing-way-we-shop