Groxis ships award-winning Grokker 2 for Apple Mac OSX.

Groxis, Inc., the leader in visual search software, has announced the general availability of Grokker 2.1 for the Apple Macintosh platform. The company's groundbreaking software is used for exploring vast collections of documents, journals, photos, and web pages--visually. Mac users now have a powerful new Internet research tool that lets them search the Web, including Google, Amazon, and others, more deeply and more meaningfully than with a web browser alone. Built for Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar and 10.3 Panther, Grokker is now optimized for Apple's next generation operating system.

"We have been working closely with Apple engineers to optimize the visual experience for the discriminating Macintosh user," stated Jean-Michel Decombe, CTO of Groxis. "We are very excited about our flagship Mac release. It cleverly integrates Apple's Safari web browsing technology with our visual search capability, and much more. Going forward, both the Mac and PC products will now evolve simultaneously, thanks to the Java programming language used to develop Grokker 2," he added.

Users continue to demand more from their information search and retrieval experience, especially as the volumes of online data continue to explode. Groxis recognized early on that this growing problem would not be easily addressed with a search engine and a web browser for much longer. These tools were principally designed to display one page of information at a time, where Grokker can display thousands of pages of information in a meaningful and inspiring way to users of all ages and professions. At Groxis, a thousand words are worth a picture.

"With Grokker 2 now available to Macintosh users, we can more aggressively address the creative and educational markets, where Apple has such a strong presence," said R.J. Pittman, CEO of Groxis. "K-12 and collegiate-level academia is a key market for Grokker, and one that we see tremendous opportunity with the Mac platform. Students and faculty alike are constantly in need of better learning and research tools, and Grokker fits squarely into that box."

Since first previewing its technology in October 2002, Groxis has received accolades from industry watchers, product reviewers, and customers. Grokker 2 has already won appeal with educators, students, and consumer researchers where there has been a growing demand for applications that can help simplifying the process of researching on the Web. The result of a yearlong dialog with early customers and industry experts, Grokker 2 has been significantly improved to make research on the Web easier, more enjoyable, and more efficient for everyone. Educators in both the K-12 and higher education market have already pronounced Grokker 2 an essential project-based learning tool for 2004.