Answer Underground was a social education company based in San Francisco, California. It developed an app for teachers and students to find information via group Q&A.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile, Social, elearning, online tutoring |
| Founded | San Francisco, California, United States (2012) |
| Founder | Sallie Severns, CEO |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | U.S. |
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| Website | www |
History
editAnswer Underground was founded in 2012[1] by Sallie Severns, a former executive at information company Answers.com.[2] Severns created the first prototype of the Answer Underground app in 2011, and it was released to open beta in May 2012.[3]
Service
editOriginally, the Answer Underground app was designed for mobile devices and was optimized for iOS. Users were authenticated through Facebook.[2]
The app focused on academic groups categorized by major subject areas. Members were able to post questions to academic groups. In 2013, a verification feature was added to identify experienced academics to differentiate credible responses.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ The EdTech Times, 15 Jan 2013, Q&A with Sallie Severns, CEO of Q&A-based mobile study app Answer Underground, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ^ a b Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits The iPad This Week, retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ^ a b Mobile Q&A App for Students Adds Teacher Verified Answers, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ^ Alex Wilhelm (January 15, 2013). "Groupsourced educational app Answer Underground launches verified accounts for academics". The Next Web. Retrieved November 8, 2017.