Software:Fire Eagle
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Type of site | Location-based services |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Yahoo! |
| Website | {{{1}}} |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | August 12, 2008 (beta March 2007) |
| Current status | Closed February 2013 |
Fire Eagle was a Yahoo! owned service that stores a user's location and shares it with other authorized services.[1] It was created by a team which included among others Simon Willison and Mor Naaman.
A user could authorize other services and applications to update or access this information via the Fire Eagle API, allowing a user to update their location once and then use it on any Fire Eagle enabled-website. The intention of Fire Eagle was to serve as a central broker for location data.[2] Services which supported Fire Eagle included Pownce, Dopplr, Brightkite and Movable Type.[3][4]
The Fire Eagle service was one of the first sites to use the OAuth protocol to connect services together.[citation needed]
The service shut down in February 2013.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Jemima Kiss (13 August 2008). "Yahoo launches Fire Eagle location tool". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/aug/13/yahoo.digitalmedia.
- ↑ MG Siegler (12 August 2008). "Yahoo pushes its location platform Fire Eagle out of the nest so it can spread its wings". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2008/08/12/yahoo-pushes-its-location-platform-fire-eagle-out-of-the-nest-so-it-can-spread-its-wings/.
- ↑ Jack Schofield (13 August 2008). "Yahoo finally launches Fire Eagle, but you can hide". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/aug/13/yahoofinallylaunchesfireea.
- ↑ Clint Boulton (13 August 2008). "Yahoo Fire Eagle Lands as Location-Aware Platform". eWeek. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Fire-Eagle-Lands-as-LocationAware-Platform/.
- ↑ Tom Coates. "It's a bit sad that @fireeagle has finally gone down. Still, never mind, onwards and upwards.". https://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/303600519199473665.
- ↑ "Fire Eagle is down at the moment.". Fire Eagle. 7 February 2013. https://twitter.com/fireeagle/status/299632897667760128.
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