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Agoda Data Shows Vietnam Rising as a Favorite End-of-Year Destination for Families Across Asia and Beyond » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 Jan 2026
Digital travel platform Agoda reveals that Vietnam is becoming an increasingly popular year-end travel choice for families in the region and beyond.
Agoda reveals: Perhentian Islands is Malaysia’s top emerging destination » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 Jan 2026
2025 International Travel Overview: Agoda Unveils the Ranking of Top Overseas Destinations Among South Korean Travelers » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 Jan 2026
Agoda reports South Korean travelers favor short-haul destinations in 2025, with Japan taking the top three spots, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.
Agoda Reveals Must-Visit Cities for Dazzling New Year’s Eve Fireworks » Agoda: See The World For Less
19 Dec 2025
Festive Fares: Agoda Reveals Asia’s Most Affordable Year-End Flight Routes for Holiday Travelers » Agoda: See The World For Less
15 Dec 2025
As the year-end holiday season approaches, digital travel platform Agoda reveals the most affordable domestic and international flight routes across Asia.
Cities of Stories: Agoda’s Guide to Asia’s Architectural and Cultural Marvels » Agoda: See The World For Less
15 Dec 2025
Agoda has curated a list of must-visit destinations across Asia where human creativity, architectural brilliance, and cultural heritage come together in unforgettable ways.
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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.
