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's worked in industry and for himself, and prefers the latter.

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 is a frequent voice on the TUAW Talkcast as well.

When he's not blogging for TUAW, he's writing books for Apress and Take Control Books. A three-time NaNoWriMo winner, Steve is also involved in a new e-publishing startup.

Steven Sande's Latest Posts

TUAW TV Live: The 1980's episode

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 4:55PM)

Note to viewers: By "The 1980's episode" I mean that I'll be doing a retrospective look at some ancient Mac magazines with you looking over my virtual shoulder. I will not be wearing my corduroy suit and disco platform shoes. Yep, it's time to pop into the time machine and take a trip back to ...

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TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Tripping down memory lane

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 1:30PM)

I've been using Apple products for longer than many of our readers have been alive. Back in the "old days" before the Internet, it was commonplace to get our Mac news once a month in the form of a magazine. During a recent attempt at de-cluttering my basement, I found a pristine stack of old ...

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Court-ordered cage match between Apple, Samsung results in a draw

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 11:30AM)

OK, so it wasn't a cage match, but the court-ordered meeting between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung chief Choi Gee-Sung resulted in a continued agreement to disagree. While the judge in the case had hoped that getting the two companies together would result in peace, love, and kittens ...

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Kapersky "disappointed" he can't sell AV software on iOS

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 11:00AM)

Security wonk Eugene Kaspersky is not happy with Apple, since the company won't let his eponymous antivirus firm develop antivirus software for iOS devices. Speaking to The Register, Kaspersky went so far as to say "That will mean disaster for Apple," since malware targeting the mobile ...

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GoSelectPass makes it easy to buy discount attraction tickets

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 6:00PM)

A lot of Americans are planning on taking vacations starting this Memorial Day weekend, and now Smart Destinations wants to help iPhone-toting tourists get discount tickets to more than 400 attractions around the US. GoSelectPass.com provides a way for tourists to browse attraction info in ...

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MetaWatch offers iPhone compatibility in new developer kit

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 4:00PM)

So, you didn't get signed up to get one of the first Pebble watches on Kickstarter? Well, you have a fallback plan now. MetaWatch, a spinoff of watchmaker Fossil, has released a new version of its self-named watch in developer kit format that specifically uses Bluetooth 4.0 (found in the iPhone ...

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Daily Update for May 22, 2012

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 3:45PM)

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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SpokenLayer iPhone app adds AOL Tech titles for your listening pleasure

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 2:00PM)

For the last ten months, TUAW has been providing readers with an audio version of selected stories through the Daily Update. Today, we're happy to announce that you can listen to all TUAW posts as well as those from Engadget, TechCrunch, and Joystiq, through a new app called SpokenLayer (free). ...

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ZooGue cools an iPad by freezing it (video)

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 1:30PM)

Tim Angel and the crew at ZooGue have been working on a followup to their wildly successful iPad case, and they expect to have it out by the end of this summer. The new case apparently features a thinner, completely reworked design with all of the flexibility of the old case and without all of ...

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Elgato announces Game Capture HD, shipping next week

by Steven Sande (May 22nd 2012 11:00AM)

When you're into gaming, there are some times that you wish that you could go back in time and replay a particularly astounding point in gameplay where you wiped out a deadly foe or racked up a huge score in a short amount of time. Elgato wants you to relive those moments, and with the new Game ...

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