All of the larger blogs are starting to receive their invitations to Apple’s next event. It seems this one will be all about Rock and Roll (Right), and will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on September 9th.

Sadly, I will not be present but that will not stop me from “live blogging” the event. Hopefully there will be a live audio stream, if not we will just have to keep our fingers on the Command-R buttons. On a side note, it seems the rumors are true, and the tablet will not be the focus of this event. Apple tends to hint at a new product in their event invitations, but there is always next year!

As long as you are not living under a rock, you would know that Snow Leopard (Apple’s new operating system) came out today. I am proud to say that after an extremely long wait, I finally have my very own copy! Join me on visual journey through the installation process, and trust me I took many more photos than you see here…

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The biggest complaint of people switching from any Windows OS to the Mac OS is that there is no “right click” on the mouse button. Most Mac users know that you can use the Control Button in conjunction with their Mouse Button to perform a right-click function. This method requires the use of two hands, but there is an easier way only requiring one!

We need to make sure you have a preference selected, so head into your System Preferences. Here, you need to click on Trackpad. In your Trackpad Settings, you need to make sure you have the setting, “For secondary clicks, place two fingers on the trackpad and then click the button.” selected. It is the last option under Trackpad Gestures. Now you can enjoy using one hand, or more correctly, two fingers to perform a right-click! More tips every Thursday.

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Being a college student, tools like iStudiez Pro, have become more of a necessity than a luxury. Everybody is competing to get an edge over their fellow classmates, and this is a tool that can help you to accomplish your goals. The developers, Andriy Kachalo & Michael Balashoff, wanted to create an app that focused on student needs, and have accomplished an easy to use UI which keeps students up to date with everything and anything school related.

iStudiez Pro (formerly known as iStudent Pro) is currently one of my favorite applications; not necessarily because of what it does, but what it will be able to do. The developers have released details of their new Version 1.1, which seems to cover most of the requests users had for the app. Sometime in September, the application will support Push Notifications, the ability to Add Holidays, Block Schedules, and Instructor Information. Grades and GPA Calculation will not make it into this release, but it is definitely an upcoming feature.

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Today a slew of developers are pricing their applications for far more than 99¢, ($4.99 – $9.99+), but they are meeting or exceeding the expectations of their customers. This begs the question, “Is the rising price ceiling necessarily a bad thing?”

When the App Store made its grand debut, applications were generally priced very low. Developers were either giving their apps away for free, or trying to squeeze an impulse buy out of the consumer by pricing their apps at an easy to spend 99¢. These apps did not have any groundbreaking content and were more what you could call “bloat-ware.” As time passed, developers started experimenting with variable pricing points, and soon you started to see a flood of $2.99 – $4.99 apps. These apps ranged from being unused and unnecessary (like their 99¢ counterpart), to impressive and well built applications with innovative UIs (Eg. Weightbot – iTunes Link).

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