Oct

14

Fire Eagle:Yahoo! Opens Its Location Platform to All

October 14, 2008 | Comments Off

Yahoo just announced that the close beta period for its location platform Fire Eagle has ended and that the service is now open for everybody. We wrote about Fire Eagle extensively when the beta was first announced. Since then, a number of high-profile services, including Brightkite, Movable Type, Dopplr, and Pownce have implemented Fire Eagle […]

May

31

Compare Google and Yahoo! Maps

May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

Online maps are available from many sources across the World Wide Web. First Google has entered into this map publishing service with highly interactive satellite images, maps and terrain images. The Google Maps API enable developers to create new applications and mashups, thereby pushing the Google Maps brand to mainstream audiences. Microsoft, Yahoo, MapQuest and […]

May

12

Yahoo! Maps in Indian local languages

May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Yahoo! India has introduced a new service for the first time in India that maps and directions details are available in Indian local languages. Apart from English as the default language, users can also experience the service in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi. This is available on the existing […]