BlackBerry (BBRY.O) (BB.TO) launched an unconventional new smartphone dubbed the Passport on Wednesday as it embarked on what may be the most critical phase of its long turnaround push.

At simultaneous events in Toronto, London and Dubai, BlackBerry showed off the device, which is the size and shape of a closed passport, with a large square touchscreen as well as a keyboard. 

PayPal and its parent company eBay are warming up to Bitcoin, but they?re doing it oh so carefully. On Tuesday, PayPal announced that it was partnering with Bitcoin processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin to allow its merchants to accept the cryptocurrency for digital goods like online games and downloadable songs. 

There is a whodunit dominating television as the fall season gets under way. Call it the Case of the Missing Viewer.

To thumb through Instagram is to parse a wide and often unpredictable range of emotions. Things can be sensational (Beyoncé?s Instagram account), harrowing and uplifting, all at once (the Humans of New York feed), or kinda raunchy (The Fat Jew). But it is always, unconditionally, digital.