Location informs so much about where we go, what we do, and who we see. As the Web continues to evolve beyond the browser -– to mobile phones, devices, desktop widgets, etc. –- where we are when we come in contact with the Web becomes more important. Imagine being able to walk around town, whip out your phone, and quickly find events, a great new restaurant, or even people nearby.

Enter Fire Eagle. Fire Eagle is like a switchboard that allows you to easily update, manage, and share your location information with Web services and mobile products. One of the coolest things about Fire Eagle is how it helps you control your location information. You choose which Fire Eagle applications you want to share your information with and how much detail you want to share about where you are –- as broad as country or state, to as detailed as zip code or cross streets, and everything in between.

As a platform, Fire Eagle lets developers easily create location-enhanced applications for you -- maps, driving directions, local weather, traffic, nearby friends, exchange rates, time zones, local radio, public holidays –- the list goes on and on. Since Fire Eagle launched in private beta in March, developers have signed up in droves and built some great apps. Go check out some staff picks now in the gallery.

Fire Eagle is about making everything on the Internet more useful, fun or interesting by adding the element of location. Start taking advantage of all the cool location-based services at http://fireeagle.yahoo.net.

Nicki Dugan
Blog Editor

P.S. - Fire Eagle was created out of our Yahoo! Brickhouse office in San Francisco. The Brickhouse team is holding a party to celebrate the launch on Thursday night, at 330 Ritch, and they would love for you to join them!