Fire Eagle Explained

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 Tom Coates, 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.

The service shut down in February 2013.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yahoo launches Fire Eagle location tool . Jemima Kiss . 13 August 2008 . .
2. Web site: Yahoo pushes its location platform Fire Eagle out of the nest so it can spread its wings . MG Siegler . . 12 August 2008 .
3. Web site: Yahoo finally launches Fire Eagle, but you can hide . Jack Schofield . Jack Schofield (journalist) . 13 August 2008 . .
4. Web site: Yahoo Fire Eagle Lands as Location-Aware Platform . https://archive.today/20130629040617/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Fire-Eagle-Lands-as-LocationAware-Platform/ . dead . June 29, 2013 . Clint Boulton . eWeek . 13 August 2008 .
5. Web site: It's a bit sad that @fireeagle has finally gone down. Still, never mind, onwards and upwards. . Tom Coates . Tom Coates .
6. Web site: Fire Eagle is down at the moment. . Fire Eagle . . 7 February 2013 .