Jelly - the next app you'll want from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone

TWITTER'S co-founder has launched this smartphone app inviting people to crowdsource information and answers.

Jelly is the new app created by Biz Stone. Stone, a Twitter co-founder. Picture: AP

TWITTER'S co-founder has launched a smartphone app that invites people to tap into their online social networks for answers about things they see.

Jelly, available free on both Apple and Android, lets people reach out virtually to friends, or friends of friends, when interested in finding out more about where they are or what is happening around them at a given moment.

"Say you're walking along and you spot something unusual,'' said a blog post at the Jelly website.

"You want to know what it is, so you launch Jelly, take a picture, circle it with your finger, and type 'What's this?'''

A new app to feed your curiosity has arrived ... and it's called Jelly.

Jelly queries are submitted to friends who also have the application and notifications pop up when answers are provided.

Jelly meshes with people's existing social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.

San Francisco-based Jelly was co-founded by Stone, one of the creators behind globally popular one-to-many text messaging service Twitter, which made a blockbuster stock market debut last year.

Stone announced the Jelly launch at his biz Twitter account.

Just launched! Jelly is a new way to search with pictures and people from your social networks. http://t.co/Bj9utOz1fo

— Biz Stone (@biz) January 7, 2014