For example, some developers have built applications that display Google Analytics data on Apple's iPhone, while others have developed Flash-based versions of the service.
Google last month also unveiled an "enterprise-class" update to its free service that includes slew of new features, including custom report generation, advanced segmentation and integration with AdSense.
In addition, Omniture in October released several different APIs to help developers more easily build applications on top of its hosted analytics tool, noted Chris Parkin, a senior director at the company.
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