<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
real-time	O
search	O
and	O
discovery	O
shopping	O
platform	O
based	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
information	O
generated	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
microblogging	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThingBuzz	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
in	O
Benicia	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Nextag	O
,	O
the	O
leading	O
shopping	O
comparison	O
site	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Mateo	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
searches	O
for	O
things	O
or	O
products	O
that	O
people	O
are	O
talking	O
about	O
or	O
recommending	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
presents	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
is	O
consumable	O
and	O
searchable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
also	O
shows	O
crowdsourced	O
emerging	O
trend	O
data	O
,	O
measured	O
by	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
tweets	O
,	O
the	O
credibility	O
ranking	O
of	O
tweeters	O
and	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
also	O
finds	O
popular	O
products	O
from	O
newly	O
launched	O
e-commerce	O
sites	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
tweeted	O
by	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Results	O
from	O
new	O
small	O
stores	O
usually	O
appear	O
on	O
Thingbuzz	B-Application
before	O
they	O
appear	O
on	O
traditional	O
search	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thingbuzz	B-Application
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
way	O
to	O
discover	O
new	O
and	O
otherwise	O
under-the-radar	O
products	O
people	O
are	O
talking	O
about.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
Thingbuzz	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
,	O
a	O
shopping	O
comparison	O
site	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
