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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  14 hours ago

  California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, analyst says

  NPR - The Associated Press

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced Thursday, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in his final term as he works to build his national profile. The nation's most populous state — with an economy that is the fifth …

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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  12 hours ago

  Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android

  TechCrunch - Sarah Perez

  Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, is experiencing an outage, the company reported via a post on X on Friday. And Apple is to blame, it seems. Users, including those of us at TechCrunch with access to the …

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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  16 hours ago

  Mine’s $30M boost will bring AI-based privacy to the enterprise

  VentureBeat - Louis Columbus

  In a turbulent year for venture capital investing, Mine countered the trend with a Series B $30 million funding round co-led by PayPal Ventures and Battery Ventures, with notable investment from Nationwide Ventures. The shift in regulation for both consumer and employee privacy in both the U.S. and …

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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  15 hours ago

  Paycom: Q3 Sell-Off Was Justified

  Seeking Alpha - Geoffrey Seiler

  Paycom (NYSE:PAYC) shares have been on a rollercoaster ride since I first covered the stock back in May, up a quick 25% only two months after I was …

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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  11 hours ago

  Software Startup That Rejected Buyout From Microsoft Shuts Down, Sells Assets to Nutanix

  The Information - Cory Weinberg

  Andreessen Horowitz-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere and which was once popular with software developers, is …

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  Jason M. Lemkin

  

  1 day ago

  How ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott Went From Deli Entrepreneur to Software Guru

  Barron's - Andy Serwer

  How to succeed in business? For starters you should be numerate, razor-sharp, and able to cut to the quick. And judging by his track record, Bill …