Any developer knows that there are countless analytics packages to track their users but one new startup is looking to differentiate themselves with real-time analytics. The new product, mixpanel, provides real-time access to user activity with a heavy emphasis on tracking user actions throughout the funnel. Suhail Doshi, a former Slide employee, and his team are looking to generate revenue by charging relatively low fees for their analytics service.

Other companies like kontagent, are looking to provide similar offerings to developers, however they aren’t real-time and don’t have an emphasis on actionable events. One interesting aspect of the “funnel” analysis…

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[nmcclana] has posted an assembly walkthrough for an Arduino-style prototyping board for the 80 MHz, eight core Parallax Propeller Microcontroller. While not board compatible with Arduino shields like the ARM-based Maple board we covered, it does have that familiar layout, and provides access to all 32 I/O pins, and the 3.8″ x 2.5″ footprint was kept in mind to allow easy creation of shields modules that can be designed using ExpressPCB’s miniboard service. The Platform Kit also has the advantage over other Propeller kits such as SchmartBoard’s offerings, which require soldering of surface mount parts. Kits are available at Gadget Gangster, and…

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After working closely with Facebook over the past few months, David Recordon has left Six Apart to join the fast growing social platform with the title “Senior Open Programs Manager”. While the title may be a bit ambiguous, it’s clear that he’ll be working with Luke Shepard and others to help integrate open standards into Facebook. Earlier this year when I spoke with Recordon, he appeared pretty excited about Facebook’s continued opening of the platform.

This hire comes with news of others as Spencer Ante reports. According to Ante, Arturo Bejar “will soon join as a director of engineering from…

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Over the past couple weeks I’ve been writing about hints of new targeting features for Facebook Ads. As of today, those features have gone live. This evening Facebook posted a note on the Facebook Ads page about three new filters: Connections, Locations, and Birthdays. We already posted about the multi-country advertisements but not about the additional two filters: connections and birthdays.

Connections enable advertisers to target members of groups, pages, or events that they own or target those users that are not already members. This avoids having ads show up for people that have already joined. Facebook is also now…

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When the easy money was flowing, you could get a great deal on a mortgage from just about anyone. But in today’s credit-challenged world, all the avenues for finding a mortgage come with their own set of problems.
Many banks have tightened lending standards and scaled back offerings. Some banks are no longer working with mortgage brokers, who are under fire for pushing bad loans during the boom.
And while online lending sites hold the promise of one-stop shopping, some have developed a reputation for playing bait-and-switch on rates and not fully disclosing fees.
All this adds up to a…

Have you ever heard of Friendster? If you live in the United States and are under the age of 20 then probably not. Anybody in the social media space knows Friendster as a metaphor for a great success gone awry. Friendster was the first site to make social networking mainstream through an invite only system which attracted millions of users during which time the founders turned down a $30 million acquisition offer from Google.

Every successful social network has received an offer from Google and other internet giants at one point or another and Facebook is no exception. MySpace and…

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