It’s thought Ireland is home to around 500 tech startups.

The Securities and Exchange Commission changes its rules around crowdsourcing start-up companies.

A huge chunk of immigrant-founded start-ups were developed by Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs. But now a new group is emerging.

A New York City start-up called Tactonic Technologies has revolutionized the computer touch sensor, making them tough enough and cheap enough to turn an entire floor, maybe an entire gym or theme park into a surface that senses footsteps.

Letter grades from the health department found in the windows of restaurants in cities like San Francisco and New York will begin appearing in Yelp reviews. And, the National Association of Realtors gets in the tech startup game.

Kansas City, Mo., couldn't get government money for a new streetcar system. So, they asked residents and businesses to chip in for donations — in addition to possible a tax hike.

A new report echoes what's been whispered around the industry for years: the model of funding startups through venture capital firms is not working any more.

New York is now the second most important U.S. tech hub after Silicon valley, based on startups and job growth, new study says.

Why does the high-tech start-up culture from Palo Alto to San Francisco so embrace the concept of failure? It's all in the lexicon.

A new report shows that tech companies are attracting more start up money, as venture capital funding rose 19 percent in the last part of 2011.