Steven Sande

Features Editor

Steve was born two weeks before the start of the Space Age, and has been a fan of technology since birth. A lifelong resident of Colorado, Steve graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (1978) and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (1983).

He began writing for TUAW in 2008, and is now the Features Editor for the blog. Steve hosts the weekly TUAW TV Live show and Daily Update podcast, and is a frequent voice on the TUAW Talkcast as well.

When he's not blogging for TUAW, he's writing books for Pearson and his own publishing company, Sand Dune Books.

Steven Sande's Latest Posts

Caturday: Me-WoW!

by Steven Sande (May 25th 2013 10:00AM)

We don't have a name for this week's Caturday model, but owner Baz Francis of Adelaide, South Australia says that "he's a two month old ginger kitten who loves watching my partner play World of Warcraft on my 15" MacBook Pro. When he's not intently staring at the screen with his head tilted or ...

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Daily Update for May 24, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 24th 2013 5:50PM)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

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Wake Alarm wants you to get out of bed ... now!

by Steven Sande (May 24th 2013 4:00PM)

Being the sucker that I am for well-designed user interfaces, I was immediately intrigued by the new Wake Alarm app (US$1.99 launch price) from Tiny Hearts. For just a couple of bucks, you're going to get an alarm app that is easy to set, lets you snooze with a quick slap of your iPhone and turns ...

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Backblaze Mobile for iPhone provides on-the-go access to file backups

by Steven Sande (May 24th 2013 2:00PM)

Backblaze, the online backup company that has made TUAW headlines with its innovative open-source 180 TB Storage Pods and drop-dead simple Mac backups, today announced a way to get mobile access to your backed-up data. Backblaze Mobile for iPhone (free) works for any current or future Backblaze ...

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Smule users record 1 billion songs

by Steven Sande (May 24th 2013 11:00AM)

Smule may be only 5 years old, but the California development firm started in part by Jeff Smith and Stanford Assistant Professor Dr. Ge Wang has had an amazing impact on the world. The company shared some stats with Evolver.fm that are incredible -- Smule's apps have been downloaded over 100 ...

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Amazon's MacBook Air stock dwindles

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2013 5:30PM)

Last week TUAW reported on the diminishing numbers of MacBook Airs available from third-party retailers like Best Buy. Now the source of that information, AppleInsider, is reporting that Amazon is completely sold out of the 11.6-inch low-end MacBook Air (1.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 64 GB storage) with ...

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Evernote introduces reminders to Mac, iOS apps

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2013 4:00PM)

One of the reasons that I've never been a super-user of Evernote is that while it's a great place to save your notes, scans and other materials, it's never had the ability to simply let you know when you need to get something done. Instead, it has always relied on another app to give you a ...

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Daily Update for May 23, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2013 3:15PM)

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Apple confirms June 10 for WWDC keynote

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2013 1:05PM)

It's official -- June 10 is the date for the Apple WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote. Although we have no idea what (if any) new products will be released, the keynote is sure to be of interest to every Apple fan anxious to see what a Scott Forstall-less iOS 7 or Mac OS X 10.9 will ...

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Element Case Sector 5 Black Ops Elite: The tactical case for your iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2013 1:00PM)

Element Case is one of the few iPhone case manufacturers we talk to on a regular basis that continues to innovate with impressive designs that are entirely different from the mainstream. Whether it's their wood, aluminum and leather Ronin or the original Sector 5 case, you can be certain that an ...

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