Boston Globe -- Scott Kirsner columns

Zynga Boston’s big game debut

Scott Kirsner — 2011-09-05T02:34:12Z

Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog

Owners of missing gadgets can now do their own sleuthing

Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent — 2011-09-04T01:55:36Z

In a small number of cases locally, victims of theft are coming to police with solid information about who and where the thieves are, thanks to software that can control a missing computer remotely and GPS and Wi-Fi technology built into the latest mobile phones and tablets. As the technology becomes cheaper, we may be entering the era of “LoJack for everything,’’ when nearly any object of value, if stolen, will be able to help police track it down.

Commuting on the Charles

Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent — 2011-08-29T03:01:23Z

It takes Rob McDonald roughly an hour to get from his home in Brookline, near the western edge of the BU campus, to his office in Kendall Square. But he wouldn’t trade his commute for any other.

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2011-08-29T03:01:23Z

In Boston, the keynote to Apple’s turnaround

Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent — 2011-08-28T03:09:43Z

To appreciate the scope of what Steve Jobs accomplished during his second stint as Apple’s chief executive, you have to rewind the tape - or rather, spin back the iPod’s wheel - to an August morning in Boston 14 years ago.

A list worth watching

Scott Kirsner — 2011-08-22T02:59:24Z

Excerpts from the Innovation Economy blog.

On the cutting edge - in the arms of Morpheus

Scott Kirsner — 2011-08-21T01:40:23Z

Personal computers first found a perch in our dens. They were followed by mobile phones that nested in our pockets and tablet computers that accompanied us to the breakfast table. Now, technology wants to cuddle close and join us in bed, to help us sleep better - and perhaps preserve domestic peace.

On the menu: competition

Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent — 2011-08-15T02:06:33Z

Excerpts from the Innovation Economy blog. Objective Logistics is a New Bedford start-up trying to introduce an intriguing idea to the restaurant industry - and eventually, to other businesses.

Game industry has its eyes on the next level

Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent — 2011-08-14T03:29:25Z

For those who work in the video game industry, there’s an inherent faith in the ability to restart - an opportunity, after you’ve been blown to bits, to take a few steps back and start over.