Wow, that's a shockingly bad article, even from Sarah Lacy's standards. Here's a summary:
"Here's a list of PayPal's fringe competitors" -> PayPal is VERY screwed
"Ex-PayPal co-founder says bad things about PayPal, while investing in a small competitor" -> PayPal is VERY screwed
"Young startup has a better user experience compared to 10-year old behemoth" -> PayPal is VERY screwed.
Sure, some of Lacy's Valley friends are making (or investing in) interesting products in the payments space, but man, does she let her 'network' write all her articles or what.
Not sure why he would jump to the Apple TV conclusion. It might just be that they're releasing APIs for Siri, and/or some Intents-like cross-app collaboration API. Those would be big deals too.
This app has been around for a couple of months ... why the HN love now?
This is OK for random networking. If you're looking for a proper CRM manager on iOS, try out Contacts Journal.
Osama Bedier was a big deal at PayPal. He ran the whole mobile and point-of-sale organization. Everyone know who he was, and everyone was shocked when he left for Google.
"Here's a list of PayPal's fringe competitors" -> PayPal is VERY screwed
"Ex-PayPal co-founder says bad things about PayPal, while investing in a small competitor" -> PayPal is VERY screwed
"Young startup has a better user experience compared to 10-year old behemoth" -> PayPal is VERY screwed.
Sure, some of Lacy's Valley friends are making (or investing in) interesting products in the payments space, but man, does she let her 'network' write all her articles or what.