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,
U.S.
Area served
U.S.
Products
  • Answer Underground
Websitewww.answerunderground.com

History

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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

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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

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  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. ^ a b Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits The iPad This Week, retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
  3. ^ a b 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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