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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches Social Search App ‘Jelly’

By TechTaffy Desk

JellyBiz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder has launched a social search app called Jelly, available for Android and iOS.

Jelly lets users submit questions, which is then submitted to people in their network who also have Jelly. Users can also upload pictures as part of the question. Jelly notifies users when they have answers.

Ben Finkel, co-founder of Fluther, a social question-and-answer site acquired by Twitter in 2010, joins Mr. Stone in Jelly, and is CTO and co-founder of the company.

[Image courtesy: Jelly]

Update: 01-24-14

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