- Fire Eagle
Infobox Website
name = Fire Eagle
type =Social network service
url = http://www.fireeagle.com
commercial = Yes
type =Location-based services
language = English
registration = Required
owner =Yahoo!
beta version =Mar ,2007
launch date =Aug 12 ,2008
current status =Fire Eagle is a
Yahoo! owned service that acts as a store for user location information. Other services can update or access this information via the Fire EagleAPI with a user's permission. The authorization process is handled byOAuth . The purpose of the service is to make it easy for users to control information about their location and to share it with applications that can then offer geo-aware services.Various sites and services have integrated with Fire Eagle including
Brightkite ,Dash Express ,Dipity ,Dopplr ,Lightpole ,Skyhook ,Movable Type ,Navizon ,Outside.in ,Plazes ,Pownce ,Rummble ,Spot Messenger ,Zkout andZonetag External websites
* [http://fireeagle.yahoo.net Fire Eagle]
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