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{{Infobox
| name = Fire Eagle
| logo = [[File:Fe logo small.png|Fire Eagle logo]]
| type = [[
| url = {{Official URL}}
| commercial = Yes
| language = English▼
| type = [[Location-based services]]▼
| registration = Required▼
▲| language = English
▲| registration = Required
| launch_date = August 12, 2008 (beta March 2007)
▲| owner = [[Yahoo!]]
▲| current status = Closed February 2013
}}
'''Fire Eagle''' was a [[Yahoo!]] owned service that stores a user's location
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/08/12/yahoo-pushes-its-location-platform-fire-eagle-out-of-the-nest-so-it-can-spread-its-wings/ |title=Yahoo pushes its location platform Fire Eagle out of the nest so it can spread its wings |author=MG Siegler |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=12 August 2008 }}</ref> Services which supported Fire Eagle included [[Pownce]], [[Dopplr]], [[Brightkite]] and [[Movable Type]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/aug/13/yahoofinallylaunchesfireea|title=Yahoo finally launches Fire Eagle, but you can hide |author=Jack Schofield |authorlink=Jack Schofield (journalist) |date=13 August 2008 |work=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Fire-Eagle-Lands-as-LocationAware-Platform/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629040617/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Yahoo-Fire-Eagle-Lands-as-LocationAware-Platform/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |title=Yahoo Fire Eagle Lands as Location-Aware Platform |author=Clint Boulton |work=eWeek |date=13 August 2008 }}</ref>
The Fire Eagle service was one of the first sites to use the [[OAuth]] protocol to connect services together.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
The service shut down in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/303600519199473665 |title=It's a bit sad that @fireeagle has finally gone down. Still, never mind, onwards and upwards. |author=Tom Coates |authorlink=Tom Coates }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/fireeagle/status/299632897667760128 |title=Fire Eagle is down at the moment. |publisher=Fire Eagle |via=[[Twitter]] |date=7 February 2013 }}</ref>▼
▲.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/303600519199473665|title=It's a bit sad that @fireeagle has finally gone down. Still, never mind, onwards and upwards.|author=Tom Coates}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513111937/http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/ Official website]
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