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Malaysia’s Sporting Events Draw International Attention, Agoda Data Shows » Agoda: See The World For Less
18 Nov 2025
Malaysia’s major sporting events continue to attract both local and international interest, according to the latest search data from digital travel platform Agoda.
Digital Nomads Rejoice: Agoda's Top Picks for Remote Work in Asia » Agoda: See The World For Less
15 Nov 2025
Agoda Unveils Trending Camping Destinations Among South Korean Travelers This Fall » Agoda: See The World For Less
13 Nov 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda unveiled a ranking of the five most popular domestic camping destinations among South Korean travelers this fall based on booking data, with Jeju taking the crown.
Agoda Reveals Japan Family Travel Trends for the 2025 Year End & 2026 New Year Holiday Season » Agoda: See The World For Less
13 Nov 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda, announced the results of its analysis on Japan family travel search trends for the 2025–2026 Year End and New Year holiday period.
Solo Travel on the Rise Across Asia in 2025, Agoda Reports » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 Nov 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda reports a 16% rise in solo travel interest across Asia in 2025.
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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.
