The makers of Blekko believe they’ve built a great alternative to Google, but they’re also realistic. They know their 2-year-old Internet search engine won’t ever supplant Google as the most popular place to search on laptop and desktop computers.
But Web surfing on tablet computers is a different matter, creating an opportunity that Blekko hopes to exploit with a new product called Izik – a search engine designed especially for Apple Inc.’s iPads and tablets running Google’s Android software.
Izik, whose name is a riff on 17th-century scientist Isaac Newton, debuted Friday with the release of free apps for the iPad and Android tablets.
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