Company:Answer Underground
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile, Social, elearning, online tutoring |
| Founded | San Francisco, California , California , United States (2012) |
| Founder | Sallie Severns, CEO |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | U.S. |
| Products |
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| Website | www |
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.
History
Answer Underground was founded in 2012[1] by Sallie Severns, a former executive at information company Answers.com.[2] Severns came up with the idea for a mobile collaborative elearning app after observing her son struggle to get homework help online.[citation needed]
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] As of September 2013, the company had planned to release the app for the Android operating system.[4]
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][5]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits The iPad This Week, retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mobile Q&A App for Students Adds Teacher Verified Answers, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ↑ The EdTech Times, 15 Jan 2013, Mobile Q&A-based study app Answer Underground launches features to verify contributors’ answers, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
- ↑ Alex Wilhelm (January 15, 2013). "Groupsourced educational app Answer Underground launches verified accounts for academics". The Next Web. https://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/01/15/groupsourced-educational-app-answer-underground-launches-verified-accounts-for-academics/.
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