Breaking Monopolies? There’s An App For That

by Gabe Acevedo on February 16, 2010

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Great post from TechCrunch:

Last month, we broke the news about BarMax, the most expensive app in the App Store. At $999.99 (the highest price Apple allows you to sell an app for), the app differentiated itself from the joke $999.99 app in the past because it actually seemed like a solid deal. That is, it’s a solid deal when you compare it to its closest competitor, BarBri, a series of classes that help lawyers prepare for the bar exam. Don’t believe us? Just look at the moves BarBri is now taking to alter its offering just weeks after the launch of BarMax…

…by leveraging the wide reach of the App Store, it seems that BarMax has found a way around some of this anti-competitive behavior. And BarBri is clearly threatened. The company has begun circulating fliers on law school campuses proclaiming two new “enhancements” for the Summer 2010 classes…

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  • http://ediscoverytrends.com/2010/03/barmax-and-barbri/ Ediscovery Trends

    Barmax and BarBri…

    Interesting article on a new iPhone app called BarMax, which poses a challenge to the established BarBri.  Both are prep courses for passing the bar exam.  BarMax’s new iPhone app costs $1000, the maximum allowed by the iTunes Music Store.  BarBr…

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