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

Mac pros react to the Mac Pro

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th 2013 5:00PM)

It's been over a week since Apple announced the new Mac Pro, and while public opinion has been quite positive, the creative professionals who will most likely be the target market for the shiny cylinder haven't been heard from... until now. Macworld UK's Karen Haslam followed up with a number of ...

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Daily Update for June 18, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th 2013 4:15PM)

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 ...

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Paper for iPad developer receives $15 million in funding

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th 2013 2:00PM)

What do you do when your one and only iPad app is a runaway success? If you're FiftyThree, the development firm behind the beautiful journal / art app Paper (free, many in-app purchases available), you get funding for expansion into new areas. FiftyThree announced today that it received US$15 ...

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Goal Zero and AT&T join up for Street Charge in NYC

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th 2013 11:00AM)

Goal Zero's solar charging products are a favorite here at TUAW, and the company loves New Yorkers -- it provided a number of charging products during the power outages after last fall's Hurricane Sandy. Now Goal Zero, AT&T and Brooklyn-based design studio PENSA are teaming up to offer public ...

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Wren Sound Systems V5AP AirPlay speaker: Stunning design, incredible sound

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th 2013 8:00AM)

When it comes to getting music from your iOS device to a good speaker, there are a lot of different methods. There's the tried and true dock method, which can fall to pieces when Apple comes out with a new connector design as they did last year with Lightning. Some manufacturers have the mistaken ...

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Bracketron NanoTek Stand: minimalistic design by 1.0 Innovations, functional standout

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th 2013 6:30PM)

You may read this review of the Bracketron NanoTek Stand (US$29.95) and ask yourself "What's so exciting about a angled piece of aluminum with some sticky pads on it?" Well, many times smartphone stands are tied to a particular generation of a smartphone, so when the next big thing appears on the ...

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MacStadium to provide new Mac Pro hosting and colocation

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th 2013 5:30PM)

For the Mac faithful, it won't do to share space on just any server -- you want to use a Mac server. Likewise, we like to have our own Mac servers colocated at a place that specializes in Macs. That's why hosting providers like MacStadium are so popular. Now MacStadium has announced that as soon ...

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Daily Update for June 17, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th 2013 4:15PM)

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Skype adds video messaging to Skype for Mac, iPhone and iPad

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th 2013 3:00PM)

Skype is usually about communicating in real time, but today the Microsoft subsidiary added a new feature that works even in those cases when your recipient isn't going to be able to see you right now -- video messaging. Skype Video Messaging has been in beta for a while; today the free feature is ...

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Prototype Logitech MFi game controller pics surface on web

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th 2013 2:00PM)

During last week's WWDC 2013 keynote address, support for MFi -- Made For iPhone / iPad / iPod -- game controllers at the iOS SDK level was quickly noted on one slide. Since that time, TUAW has discussed why this is so important to not only game developers, but Apple as a whole since a combination ...

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