This is a quick announcement for the first release of a strongly typed Fire Eagle .NET library. You never have to deal with XML or any OAuth, and it handles hashed, secure requests like it should. This project was submitted under VS.NET 2005 and uses the .NET 2.0 framework. There is still a lot that I would like to see this library handle, but it’s reached the point where it would be beneficial to give it to the community for testing and feedback. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, Yahoo launched Fire Eagle at ETech. Fire Eagle is a platform for sharing location information about yourself. The most powerful piece of this service is its privacy consciousness. Users who publish their location via this service have very robust controls regarding how third party applications access to their data. While not much value on its own, Yahoo is hoping that community developers (like Technarium!) will step in to provide novel uses of the service via their API. Read the rest of this entry »