Bluetooth Name News Today

In a spirit of goodwill and cooperation, we hereby authorise you to continue to use the name, Harald Bluetooth, for the next 1,000 years, said a symbolic statement from the Jelling museum, which owns the eponymous runestones that tell the story of the king and his family.

Did you know that the name of Bluetooth, one of the most significant inventions of modern times, owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king who had a bad tooth? Sven Mattisson, one of the engineers who was behind developing Bluetooth, also revealed that the name was decided over beers.  In an interview with news agency AFP, Mattisson said that he and Jim Kardach presented their ideas at a seminar in Toronto in late 1997.  "Jim and I said that people did not appreciate what we presented,&...