Thingbuzz is the first real-time search and discovery shopping platform based on social media information generated on Twitter, the microblogging service.
Thingbuzz was purchased[1] by Nextag, the leading shopping comparison site based in San Mateo, California, in October 2011, for an undisclosed sum.
[2] Thingbuzz searches for things or products that people are talking about or recommending on Twitter, and presents the data in a way that is consumable and searchable.
Thingbuzz also shows crowdsourced emerging trend data, measured by the number of tweets, the credibility ranking of tweeters and time.
Thingbuzz also finds popular products from newly launched e-commerce sites, as they are tweeted by customers.