News - Fire Eagle
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- With location-based services clearly on the rise, SimpleGeo today formally introduced the SimpleGeo location services infrastructure to provide the foundation for a whole new level of intelligent, location-aware applications.
Mozilla Labs introduced a new feature that will enable Web users to pinpoint nearby areas of interest based on their location.
By Associated Press Yahoo Inc. is riding the wave of location-based services with the launch of a service intended to help users share their real-world location with their friends online. Yahoo made Fire Eagle available to the public this week.
Privacy advocates are warning of potential threats posed by location based services such as Yahoo’s newly-launched Fire Eagle, which lets users manage information based on their location.