Answer Underground

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.

Answer Underground
Company typePrivate
IndustryMobile, Social, elearning, online tutoring
FoundedSan Francisco, California, United States (2012 (2012))
FounderSallie Severns, CEO
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Area served
U.S.
Products
  • Answer Underground
Websitewww.answerunderground.com

History

Answer 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

Originally, 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
  1. 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.
  2. Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits The iPad This Week, retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
  3. Mobile Q&A App for Students Adds Teacher Verified Answers, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
  4. Alex Wilhelm (January 15, 2013). "Groupsourced educational app Answer Underground launches verified accounts for academics". The Next Web. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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