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Agoda Unpacks the Ultimate Family Travel Bucket List in Asia
05 May 2025
Agoda shares top ten family-friendly destinations in Asia, Tokyo leads the pack
Starry Nights Await: Agoda’s Guide to Asia’s Top Stargazing Destinations
22 Apr 2025
Agoda’s Guide to Asia’s Top Stargazing Destinations
Agoda Celebrates Two Decades of Bridging the World Through Travel with Two Weeks of Birthday Discounts
21 Apr 2025
Founded in 2005 with its headquarters in Singapore and an operational base in Bangkok, Agoda has grown into a global travel marketplace and a prominent tech employer in APAC. Over the years, Agoda has
Agoda and Atlys Unveil Co-Branded Advertising Campaign to Inspire Confidence in International Travel for Indian Travellers
17 Apr 2025
Drawing on the insight that international trips can feel overwhelming for Indian travellers, the campaign acknowledges how uncertainties around securing the best value for bookings and fears of visa r
Agoda’s 2025 Scuba Deals Survey reveals Indonesia to be top of the wish list
02 Apr 2025
Agoda has unveiled insights from its 2025 Scuba Deals Survey. The survey highlights trends shaping the underwater travel scene.
Branching Out: Agoda Unveils Top 5 Forest Escapes in Asia for Nature Lovers
20 Mar 2025
Agoda unveils top five forest destinations in Asia for nature lovers
Agoda: Vietnam’s Phong Nha is the Cheapest Destination this spring
18 Mar 2025
Agoda shares that Phong Nha in Vietnam is the Cheapest Destination this spring.
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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.
