Ex-Microsoft mobile exec Charlie Kindel to advise Buddy Platform

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Charlie Kindel, a Seattle angel investor and former general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, has joined the advisory board of Seattle mobile app management startup Buddy Platform. Kindel stepped down from Microsoft in August after 21 years to launch a new startup of his own. Kindel hasn’t unwrapped his own stealthy startup just yet,… Read More…

Microsoft vets launch Buddy to provide the ‘plumbing’ for mobile app development

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About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study or drinking buddies who were nearby. The free app never really took off, especially as services like Foursquare gained momentum. But the Microsoft managers — who worked on the app in their spare time —… Read More…