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Agoda Highlights the Spirit of Hokkaido Ahead of Video Game Release » Agoda: See The World For Less
03 Oct 2025
Agoda highlights the stunning natural landscapes of Hokkaido and encourages travelers to explore the breathtaking region.
Retail Therapy: Agoda’s Top Picks for Asia's Shopping Destinations » Agoda: See The World For Less
03 Oct 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda has released a hand-picked list of must-visit shopping malls in Asia for travelers to explore.
World Rivers Day: Agoda Highlights Asia's Most Captivating Waterways » Agoda: See The World For Less
25 Sep 2025
Agoda unveils a curated list of must-visit river destinations across Asia for World Rivers Day
All Aboard: Agoda Unveils Asia's Most Scenic Train Journeys » Agoda: See The World For Less
24 Sep 2025
Agoda Travel Swag Now Available on Shopee and Lazada in Thailand » Agoda: See The World For Less
24 Sep 2025
Agoda Media Statement - 19 September » Agoda: See The World For Less
20 Sep 2025
Agoda acknowledges recent media reports regarding its recent global restructuring exercise among its customer support teams including Singapore-based employees.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
