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Some of us have a tendency to accumulate a lot more possessions than others. Whether you own a business, have multiple properties, or just have lots of things to keep track of, Inventory List can help. Unlike profesional inventory apps, Inventory List lets you add things and track them in your own way through the use of storage banks and locations. There are lots of subscription inventory options out there but not all of us need that many features. Inventory List makes a pretty happy medium without being too over the top. The first thing you'll be asked to do is start adding locations and storage banks. Inventory List works as a nested hierarchy in order to keep track of your items with the top most level being a physical geographical location. For many of us this will be home, office, summer home, beach house, or any other location you need to inventory. After you've created actual places, you can move on to creating locations within that space. For homes, this may be kitchen, bedroom, bathroom while at work it could be storage room, waiting room, or any other space you have a need to inventory items for. You'll also be given one more location spot that is nested so you can drill down to items such as cabinets, storage bins, or something else. I personally found this space better suited for categories instead of locations where I like to break things up into electronics, furniture, or any other category of item I'd like to inventory. To add an item to Inventory List, you'll have to be drilled down all the way inside a physical location, space, and secondary space. This is one feature I wasn't too crazy about. Some people won't have a need for the secondary space and since categories are already supported when creating items, it seems redundant. A nice option would be for the user to be able to choose whether or not they even need that second location classification within settings and have the ability to disable it. Once you're drilled down into a list, you can start adding individual items or quantities of a specific item. You can include a name, price, SKU (only if you want), a photo, and additional notes. This item will then be shown inside that list. You can also toggle between locations and individual inventory items on the home menu of Inventory List. When it comes to syncing your items, Inventory List supports Dropbox sync and CSV export which should help keep active backups of all your items in case you ever needed to restore them or share them with others. The good Easy to see icons with quite a few choices which can help visually identify lists and items faster Much simpler and easier to manage than advanced inventory programs The drill down of categories helps to keep organization on point The bad Secondary location classification isn't always needed and should have a way to be turned off Dropbox sync was finicky and kept yelling about development mode until it finally went through on the 5th or 6th try The bottom line Inventory List is really made for people that have a large amount of items to track such as contractors or property managers. If you're in one of these professions, Inventory List is a must have. It's also great for self employed individuals or those who many have storage units they'd like to keep a better handle on. iPhone owners who aren't self employed or work with a moving inventory won't find much need for it, but those that haven't yet found a solution they're happy with should definitely give Inventory List a hard look. $4.99 - Download Now

In an age when we are consuming massive amounts of plastic, paper, and other materials, it is great to see a company finding a way to make something old into something new. Station Supply Company started by making iPhone skins out of fire hoses. Today, the accessory maker offers three different lines of covers for both iPhones and iPads. The most recent is the Life Raft collection repurposed from rubber emergency boats from a now-defunct airline. It wasn’t that long ago that the largest international airline was still in business. Pan America World Airways, or Pan Am, survived from the late 1920s all the way through the end of 1991. While the airline has gone belly-up, the iconic brand lives on as a line of “lifestyle travel goods.” In fact, Pan Am recently teamed up with DODO to create an iPad case with the iconic logo called the “Pilot Log.” Station Supply’s skins do not sport the blue-and-white traditional Pan Am flight bag look. Instead, they look like a typical bright yellow life raft, complete with text from the flotation device. Skins are available for the iPad 3 and the second and third-generation iPad, plus the iPad mini. Text covers are a little pricier than plain raft skins at around $45 for an iPad mini skin and $50 for a full sized iPad skin. Pick one up today and feel good about keeping a few more scraps of junk out of our nations landfills. [Via: Cult of Mac] » Related posts: Find Your iPad in the Dark with BCO’s Glow in the Dark iPad Skins First Official iPad mini Accessory now Available in the Apple Store Griffin Looks to Leverage Holiday iPad and iPhone Demand with Launch of Accessory MicroStores

We keep giving away App.net (ADN) invites and you keep gobbling them up faster and faster. The last 200 went in what felt like 2 minutes, so this time we've got 300 to give you. If you're still not familiar with ADN free accounts, they're a great way to try out the many services ADN offers, including the Twitter-like microblogging platform, the better-than-DM messaging service, and the cloud storage offering. ADN is a complex, chocked-full-of-potential service, and it's smart to let people try it out for themselves and get a feel for it before deciding to go all-in on a paid account. If you're still looking for an invite, hopefully 3rd time will be the charm! And if you're fine, tell your friends. Tell all your friends. But fair warning, they'll go fast. So, if you want want one, grab it now! https://join.app.net/from/zjvtzwvqxl By using an invitation, you'll automatically follow iMore. (Since you're here, we're hoping you don't mind, but you can promptly unfollow us if you like, and while we'll be sad, we'll understand!) You can also find the iMore staff on ADN via accounts below. You should follow us. We'd love to hear what you think! Rene Ritchie Leanna Lofte Ally Kazmucha

Having some of the best iPad tips on hand can come in handy when you’re trying to use your device. You could search the web for iPad tips, but this will take a long time. The below article contains some great tips that will help you work your new iPad. Your battery won’t last long if you’re using the iPad a lot. One of the ways you can extend the time your battery retains its charge is by adjusting the brightness of your screen. In most cases, there is no need to keep the maximum brightness level to read, surf the Internet or tinker with apps. Keep track of how much you are spending on iPad apps. Because of the iPad’s convenient features, you can end up spending much more money than you like. The iPad saves your credit card information and you can click away without thinking. Keep close tabs on this, or you will surely regret it! Mute Button Did you accidentally launch an app that makes a lot of noise? Mute your iPad by pushing the volume button down for a few seconds. If you find yourself needing a mute button often, you can set the screen lock button to work as a permanent mute button. When you get your iPad it is set to only show the first two lines of any given message in the preview mode. You may wish to view more of each message before you open it. Go to the Settings and then tap on Mail. Open the mail tab in the settings app, then navigate to Contacts > Calendar. Once there, choose the number of lines to preview using the “preview mail” option. Do you use Google calender? Would you like to incorporate it into your iPad calender? In the Mail tab, go to contacts, then calenders. Then just Add An Account, choosing Other. Choose Add CalDAV Account and enter your Google information. Next, leave the settings area and hit your calendar application. You should now be all set. Does the battery charge icon distract you on your iPad screen? You can disable that. Click on Settings. Then click on General, and then Usage. In Usage, you are able to turn off the battery percentage icon. Search Engine If you do not want Google used as your default search engine you can change that. You can access this by selecting Safari from the settings menu and then hitting search engine. You will have the option of changing your search engine to Bing or Yahoo if you find them to be more preferable than Google. Since getting an iPad costs quit a bit of money, you’d be wise to take great care of it. A lot of people buy iPad screen protectors. Although the screen protectors are made of plastic and are very thin, they can help protect the screen of your iPad. Use a soft, damp cloth to clean your iPad’s screen. Never use window cleaners or other types of household cleaners on your iPad. The iPad is an incredible device that allows you to do a lot of things. Learning about the different features of your iPad will help you get a lot of use out of it. With your new information close at hand, you will get lots more use from your device. Use some of these tricks, and you’ll enjoy your IPad even more!

10.6 million tablets is a whole heck of a lot, and that's the number that the Turkish Prime Minister is talking about purchasing. Recep Erdo?an is visiting the U.S. on a very large shopping spree, and is visiting Microsoft, Google and Apple personally, before splashing the cash. The visit is part of the FATIH Project, designed to modernize Turkish schools by replacing textbooks and chalkboards with tablets and electronic whiteboards. The whole project is expected to cost in the region of $3billion - $4billion and take 4 years to complete. Apple of course unveiled their interactive Textbooks back in early 2012, in a definite move to try and change the way we use tablets in education. Apple sells a lot of tablets, tens of millions every quarter, but an order such as this is not to be sniffed at. Who out there already uses their iPad at school? Are you making use of the textbooks, or just using it as a productivity tool. We'd love to know, so drop a line in the comments below! via 9to5Mac

Having been much rumored in recent days, today came the official announcement that Yahoo! had in fact closed a deal to acquire Tumblr. The deal is reported to be worth a cool $1.1 billion in cash, and CEO Marissa Meyer said her piece: "We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster." As far as opening lines go, that one's right up there. She was of course referring to concerns that Yahoo! might change the Tumblr as we currently know it, and make it more 'corporate' and basically, well, screw it up. Yahoo! gets hold of Tumblr's community, and Tumblr gets a nice injection of cash. Good for both parties then, right? There were early reports of record numbers taking their Tumblr blogs and high-tailing it over to rival blogging platform, Wordpress. But, in reality, the numbers talked about -- 72,000 in one hour -- barely register in the grand scheme of things. So, Tumblr users, are you concerned about the future of your favorite blogging platform? If so, why? Where else would you go? Not at all concerned? Let us know too! Source: Yahoo!, CNET

As we get closer to reaching the middle of 2013, suppliers are ramping up for production of fall launches. Although no word has officially come from Apple, rumors from the supply chain are pointing to a September release of the next generation of iPad. According to DigitTimes, trial production of the fifth-generation iPad will begin soon, while mass production will start in July. According to an unnamed source in the supply chain, monthly shipments will ramp up to 2-3 million units in September. The fifth-generation iPad will purportedly have the same Retina display quality as the previous model with 2048 x 1536 pixels. The new display panel, however, will be made from a glass substrate of 0.2 mm, which is thinner than the substrate used on the fourth-generation iPad by 0.05mm. The new model will supposedly have a narrower bezel. The touch panel solution for 5th-generation iPad is GF2 (1 layer of glass and two layers of ITO film) instead of G/G bonding used in 4th-generation iPad, the sources added. The source also indicated to DigiTimes that the new model would include only one LED light bar for backlighting instead of the traditional two bars that the iPad normally has. Additionally, the fifth-generation model will be 25-33 percent lighter than the previous generation. LG Display, Samsung, and Sharp are expected to supply display panels. This is in line with previous rumors of Apple using IGZO technology in future iPad models. » Related posts: Next Gen iPad May Use New LED Technology For Thinner, Lighter Design Apple Ramping up iPad Mini Production for a September Release? Rumor of the Day: Imminent iPad Production Points to Fall Launch for 5th Gen

Pocket and Instapaper are two excellent read-it-later apps / services for the iPad, iOS and beyond. I’ve used both services for years, but for the last year or so I’ve been using Pocket a lot more than Instapaper. So a tip on how to import Instapaper articles into Pocket, from Whitson Gordon at Lifehacker, caught my eye this morning. Since Pocket is the app I look at regularly, it seems a fine idea to pull my Instapaper saved articles into it. And it’s super easy to do. Here’s a few things to be aware of before starting: – Instapaper export note: If you have more than 2,000 articles, only the most recent 2,000 will be included. – Pocket Import Note: Instapaper’s export does not provide a list of what items you have ‘liked’ or ‘favorited’. As a result, your ‘liked’ items have been imported into your Pocket archive but will...Read the whole entry... »        Related StoriesThe 3 Fastest Ways to Get Photos from an iPad to a Mac or Windows PCHow To Setup Google Contact Sync on the iPadHow to Sync Google Calendar with the iPad 

As we get closer to Apple’s release of iOS 7, more and more jailbreak developers are finding ways around the company’s iOS 6 codes. The team that created a hack to allow T-Mobile iPhone 5 users increased data speed has just released a similar hack for AT&T. This one apparently also supports data performance for LTE and HSPA+ for the iPad. According to Cult of Mac, Joe Brown and Sky Zangas, the creators of iTweakiOS have announced the launch of a tweak to iPads running on AT&T’s network that increases data speeds. “This hack enables Release 9 DC-HSPA+ on the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, 4, and mini as well as enhancing LTE data and signal. Though AT&T is limited to HSPA+ 21, the device itself becomes more open to an increased amount of bandwidth thus allowing for better throughput of data and data connection,” wrote Brown. The team has posted step-by-step instructions on how to hack your device to possibly improve performance. Although this is a hack, you don’t have to have a jailbroken iPad to trigger the changes. The update works through iTunes. While this hack is great for users looking to increase their data speed, it also calls into question why it is that we as consumers are paying top dollar for the “fastest network speeds,” but are being throttled to the point where we don’t actually get to use the increased bandwidth on our devices without some kind of work-around. » Related posts: AT&T Announces FaceTime Over Cellular on Any Tiered Data Plan Concerns About FaceTime Over Cellular. Will You Max Out Your Data Limits? Verizon Plans to Offer Cellular FaceTime to All Customers, Unlike AT&T

The iPhone 5 launched to record sales figures; 5 million units sold to customers in the first three days. Samsung's Galaxy S4 has also launched to strong figures; 10 million units shipped in the first 4 weeks. One of these was a 'disappointment,' yet the other is hailed as a triumph. Seems crazy? Well, maybe it is. For Samsung, 10 million units shipped makes it their fastest selling smartphone release ever, so for the folks from Korea at least, it is indeed a triumph. But, Apple sold -- not shipped -- 5 million units of the iPhone 5 in the first 3 days. Yet compare these two headlines from Businessinsider: iPhone 5 opening weekend sales come in worse than expected Samsung's S4 starts strong: 10 million units in less than a month One story portrays doom and gloom, and the other a more jubilant atmosphere. Analysts called 6 million units for the iPhone 5 the "worst case scenario" for Apple's opening weekend. And yet, they hit half Samsung's first month sales within three days. We're not going to knock Samsung's figures, 10 million is a lot of phones. But, it does again ask the question; just how much is 'enough' for Apple? via CNN Money