(Computerworld) Yahoo Inc. Tuesday announced the general availability of Fire Eagle, a tool that provides an interface for updating, managing and storing information about locations. The tool can also automatically add the data to geo-aware Web, mobile or desktop applications.
Fire Eagle also provides developers with easy protocols for adding location-based information to any networked service, said Yahoo. For example, Fire Eagle can help users find the physical location of their friends or of services or local information.
Fire Eagle, which was built at Yahoo's internal Brickhouse incubator for start-up projects, allows users to authorize automatic updates of their location, or to do it manually. They can also opt to hide their location, change preferences for sharing their location or delete any stored personal information, Yahoo said. Since its private beta launch in March, Fire Eagle has been integrated into more than 50 live applications, including Dopplr,Pownce, Movable Type and Outside.in, through the platform's API, Yahoo added.............
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Fire Eagle also provides developers with easy protocols for adding location-based information to any networked service, said Yahoo. For example, Fire Eagle can help users find the physical location of their friends or of services or local information.
Fire Eagle, which was built at Yahoo's internal Brickhouse incubator for start-up projects, allows users to authorize automatic updates of their location, or to do it manually. They can also opt to hide their location, change preferences for sharing their location or delete any stored personal information, Yahoo said. Since its private beta launch in March, Fire Eagle has been integrated into more than 50 live applications, including Dopplr,Pownce, Movable Type and Outside.in, through the platform's API, Yahoo added.............
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