The invites are out! Apple will hold a Keynote Media Event on September 7th at 10 a.m. PDT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. The event is most likely to announce the iPhone 7! 

Apple will be live streaming the event on their website and on Apple TV. 

It's just hours, or minutes away, depending on when you are reading this, or maybe it's after the event and you already know what Apple announced! The Apple September 9th 2015 (iPhone 6S) Media Event is here!

Apple will be onstage at 10 a.m. PDT, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, in San Francisco, California, with their Keynote presentation, where they will be announcing new products, presumably the newest iPhone, updates on iOS 9 and also, possibly some other exciting upgrades, or even new products. 

To watch the live stream, go to the Apple Events website, on your iPhone, iPad, running iOS 7 or later, or on a Mac in Safari, or new option, Edge on Windows 10. You can also watch via the dedicated Apple TV app. Apple's full system requirements to watch the event is listed on their events page. 

Facebook Mentions is the app for the famous, celebrities, or the verified. If you are not a actor, musician, or other popular famous figure with a verified Facebook page, stop reading now - as this app isn't for you!

Okay now that's it's only the important reading; you might of already heard of Facebook Mentions, as isn't a new app. It's been around since July 2014. It's only available on iOS, but that's ok - you're probably rich, so you should own an iPhone.

Anyway, a newly added feature to Facebook Mentions app, aims to rival other popular live streaming apps. Facebook Mentions is to be the 'Periscope' of the famous (like you). It will be your own little elite app.

The app gives only verified page users a way to live stream and chat with fans, see what topics are trending, share content across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, all with just the one app, and more...

In Facebook's own words:

"Mentions is a better way for actors, musicians and other influencers to stay in touch with their fans and the people and things they care about on Facebook."

And what about those regular people - the mere commoners? Where will they go to live stream to their small little audience? They will have to settle for either of the other popular live streaming apps like; Periscope or Meerkat.

Now popular person - go download the Facebook Mentions app - and live stream to your many fans!

-> View Facebook Mentions on the iTunes App Store.

Periscope is a great live video streaming app for iOS and Android (and on the web if you're just watching), developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein - and later purchased by Twitter. 

On Periscope, users can stream live video to their followers, or watch the live streaming video from the people they follow. And to make sure you know when someone you follow is on - the app will send you a notification when they go live. Which is a great and handy feature. 

However, maybe you don't want to know when everyone you follow is live on Periscope. Maybe they live stream a few too many times a day, or you just don't want to watch the live stream. Or whatever the reason. It doesn't necessarily matter if you don't watch live, other than not being able to comment, because videos can be watched for 24 hours after - unless the broadcaster chooses otherwise.  

Thanks to a recent update to the Periscope app, you can now mute the alert when a certain broadcaster you follow, goes live.  It's really simple to do. All you need to do is go the users profile page.

1. Tap the last button on the right (the one the people), to go to the "People" section. 

2. Then tap to go to your profile (the silhouette in the circle on the top right corner). 

3. Tap "Following". 

4. Choose the user you want to mute. 

5. Then tap the bell icon with the line running through it, so it's highlighted in color. (Like in the image above). 

If you ever want to un-mute that user, just tap that bell icon again so the button goes back to white. 

-> Click to view Periscope on the iTunes App Store.

The TWiT and TWiTpad (iPad version) app by ShiftKey Software is currently on sale and is FREE to download for iOS devices, down from the previous price of USD$0.99.

The apps made by ShiftKey Software are known as the official and original apps made for the TWiT.TV Netcast website.

TWiT, if you don't know, is a web podcast website that offers many technology themed shows - live and on-demand - for free.

With the app, users can stream live video. Watch previously recorded shows. AirPlay shows. Stream to any Bluetooth device. Live chat. View the TWIT real-time calendar. And more...

In my opinion of the app, I felt that the user interface wasn't that great or polished. It looks very lazily put together. Like an old 90's webpage. I also experienced an app crash while trying to load video. In the iPhone version of the app I tested, shows aren't even presented nicely - they're just listed. until you choose a show.

I'd still recommend using the TWiT.TV website, or a podcast app.

You can download the TWiT and TWiTpad apps by ShiftKey Software from the iTunes App Store.