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Agoda Unveils Asia's Top Onsen Destinations » Agoda: See The World For Less
09 Feb 2026
Agoda has released its list of the top destinations in Asia for onsen hot spring activities, with Osaka taking the crown.
Agoda maps out Asia’s recommended cities to experience spring flower blooms » Agoda: See The World For Less
07 Feb 2026
Agoda Reveals Trending Asian Destinations for Lunar New Year Travel, Tokyo Retains Top Spot » Agoda: See The World For Less
05 Feb 2026
Agoda has unveiled the top destinations in Asia for the upcoming Lunar New Year, based on accommodation search data
Agoda Supports Tourism Authority of Thailand in Promoting Trusted Thailand Initiative » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Feb 2026
Digital travel platform Agoda is partnering with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to advance the Trusted Thailand initiative.
Elevate Your Escape: Agoda’s Guide to Asia’s Must-Visit Hill Stations » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Feb 2026
Agoda Launches Open-Source API Agent to Simplify MCP Server Integrations » Agoda: See The World For Less
29 Jan 2026
Agoda Launches Agoda Impact Lab at ASEAN Tourism Forum » Agoda: See The World For Less
29 Jan 2026
Digital travel platform Agoda has announced the launch of Agoda Impact Lab at ASEAN Tourism Forum.
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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.
