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Review The new AirPods Max are turning heads with a high price tag and excellent audio quality. But is what you get worth the $549? AirPods Max design AirPods Max come in five different colors, sky blue, green, pink, silver, and space gray. Each color is two-toned, featuring a lighter color on the anodized earcups and a darker one for the headband. AirPods Max have one of the most bespoke designs ever created for a set of headphones. The top portion of the headphones is made of stainless steel before being coated with a premium soft-touch material akin to silicone. The canopy is made from a proprietary mesh that is designed to wrest just atop your head. AirPods Max Each arm of the AirPods Max extend to accommodate user's heads of different sizes. Anodized aluminum makes up the cups themselves, which is lighter than the steel and allows for the svelte anodization Apple is known for. Each of the cushions on the earcups are a similar mesh … [Read more...] about Review: AirPods Max don’t make it easy to justify the price

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Apple on Friday announced the discontinuation of the full-size HomePod , saying it plans to focus on production and development of the HomePod mini. Apple informed TechCrunch of the product's end of life in a statement today. HomePod mini has been a hit since its debut last fall, offering customers amazing sound, an intelligent assistant, and smart home control all for just $99. We are focusing our efforts on HomePod mini. We are discontinuing the original HomePod, it will continue to be available while supplies last through the Apple Online Store, Apple Retail Stores, and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple will provide HomePod customers with software updates and service and support through Apple Care. The company plans to sell remaining HomePod units until … [Read more...] about Apple discontinues full-size HomePod, to focus on HomePod mini

Mid-sized corporates need new strategies to capitalize on major shifts: Standard Chartered By Pham Nhat An employee is at work in a local firm. According to Standard Chartered, digitalization, regionalization and capital management are the key to realizing the country’s growth ambitions – PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC – Mid-sized corporates in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries need to devise new strategies, from digitalization to partnerships and overseas ventures, to build growth against major shifts in their respective sectors, according to a thought leadership report by London-based Standard Chartered Bank. The report, called “ASEAN – a region facing disruption: positioning mid-corporates for growth in Southeast Asia,” also identifies talent, culture, technology and capital management as key pillars to support the development of these new strategies. This conclusion was reached after examining how transformational shifts, such as trade tensions and the rise of digital … [Read more...] about Mid-sized corporates need new strategies to capitalize on major shifts: Standard Chartered

People’s Council agrees to triple Ha Noi’s size (28-03-2008) Ha Noi needs to be enlarged to meet its development demand. — VNS Photo Truong Vi HA NOI — The People’s Council agreed yesterday that the size of Ha Noi should be tripled and its population almost doubled in the next 12 years. The proposed expansion is embodied in a resolution that was accepted unanimously by the 77 councillors present. The resolution will now go to the Government and the National Assembly for approval. It proposes the merging of Ha Tay Province – land and people – Vinh Phuc Province’s Me Linh district and four communes of Hoa Binh Province’s Luong Son District with the capital city. The city would expand to 3,324.92 sq.km and its population to almost six million. It would have 29 district and 575 communal administrative units, said, Ha Noi People’s Committee deputy chairman Phi Thai Binh who tabled the resolution. The proposed "new" Ha Noi would border Bac Ninh and … [Read more...] about People’s Council agrees to triple Ha Noi’s size

President Trần Đại Quang meets local authorities of the central province of Phú Yên yesterday. — VNVNA/S Photo Nhan Sáng PHÚ YÊN – President Trần Đại Quang suggested the central province of Phú Yên continuously expand industry and construction, as determined in its economic restructuring plan developed for this year. He heard that in the first six months of this year, industry and construction grew to account for 36.1 per cent of the southern central coastal province’s economy during a working session with local authorities yesterday. Noting the locality’s advantageous 200km coastline, the President advised the authorities to turn tourism into a spearhead sector, through broader connectivity with other regional localities. The locality should give more support to small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as handicraft production facilities and trade villages and speed up the construction of transport infrastructure, he said. Phú Yên should exert more efforts to make Nam … [Read more...] about Phú Yên to focus on industry development

Legislators yesterday urged the Government to ensure the draft Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) doesn't clash with other laws. — Photo baocongthuong.vn HÀ NỘI — Legislators yesterday provided the Government with feedback on the draft Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), urging the drafter to ensure it was consistent with other relevant legislation. With six chapters and 47 articles, the bill aims to enhance the efficiency of support for SMEs in line with market principles, while ensuring that it does not violate the country’s international commitments. It is also designed to create a legal framework to rally public support for the effort, the law drafting board said. During their fourth working session in Hà Nội, the National Assembly Standing Committee focused discussion on the necessity of the law. NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân was concerned about the compatibility between the bill and other laws, one of them … [Read more...] about Lawmakers assess draft law’s impact on SMEs

Feature AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Apple has decisively transitioned its new MacBook Pros to use the slim, unidirectional new USB-C port first introduced on the Retina MacBook a year and a half ago. Its latest MacBook Pro machines not only supply more connectors, but also support the enhanced new USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 protocols for blazing fast wired connectivity and high resolution displays. Flex your power Like the Retina MacBook, the new MacBook Pro models no longer use MagSafe, Apple's quick release magnetic plug for delivering power. Power is now delivered via USB-C, which fits snuggly enough to pull your laptop off the edge of a table if something inadvertently tugs the cable hard enough. While many are weeping over the death of their beloved MagSafe, I've … [Read more...] about Everything you need to know about USB-C & Thunderbolt 3 on Apple’s new MacBook Pro

Great unity will ensure VN achieves targets in 2009, PM (02-01-2009) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.—VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam Ha Noi — In the course of implementing the Resolution of the 10th National Party Congress, 2008 was a pivotal year for the country’s five year socio-economic development plan (2006-2010), but the year witnessed very complicated and unlikely changes in Viet Nam and the world economy. In a New Year article summing up developments during 2008 and outlining tasks for this year, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that early last year, the world was faced with a food crisis and threats to global energy supplies. Commodities prices rose and many countries around the word found themselves grappling with inflation. In September, the financial crisis emerged in the USA and quickly fanned out to other countries to become a global crisis which has yet to be resolved by the world . Due to the high inflation rate, the world faces … [Read more...] about Great unity will ensure VN achieves targets in 2009, PM

ADB provides US$20.2m to women-led SMEs By Le Hoang Female workers are at a wood processing factory. The Asian Development Bank provides US$20.2 million to women-led small and medium-sized enterprises - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 14 announced that it has received US$20.2 million from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to support women-led small and medium-sized enterprises, providing access to critical financing and training in Vietnam and the Pacific. The grant will fund the Women Accelerating Vibrant Enterprises in Southeast Asia and the Pacific (WAVES) program, which aims to promote inclusive and sustainable growth and development through women’s businesses and entrepreneurship. Approximately 5,000 women-led SMEs from Vietnam and the Pacific will benefit from the five-year program. According to ADB, women-led businesses comprise some 60% of all micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia and the Pacific. … [Read more...] about ADB provides US$20.2m to women-led SMEs

APEC officials gather in Ha Noi to set priorities (03-03-2006) Deputy PM Vu Khoan addresses the APEC Senior Officials Meeting in Ha Noi. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sang Ha Noi — The Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum has contributed greatly to the promotion of co-operation among its members in commerce, trade, investment and technology, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. Making the opening speech at the APEC Senior Officials Meeting I in Ha Noi yesterday, Khoan said that APEC, moreover, has contributed an important voice to multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) framework. In nearly two decades since its inception under a fundamental principle of voluntariness, consensus and non-binding policies, APEC has proved its vitality and played an active role in the region and the world, Khoan said. He stressed, however, that APEC would need to focus on facilitating trade and investment and bridging the development gap … [Read more...] about APEC officials gather in Ha Noi to set priorities