Bluetooth is named after a tenth-century Viking king. An employee at Intel thought of the name, thinking that Bluetooth technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark. The logo is the combination of his initials when written using the runic alphabet.

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image showing Bluetooth is named after a tenth-century Viking king. An employee at Intel thought of the name, thinking that Bluetooth technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark. The logo is the combination of his initials when written using the runic alphabet.

qqwerpy on December 5th, 2019 at 07:43 UTC »

Now this is the content I sub for. Have some gold.

Always687 on December 5th, 2019 at 08:26 UTC »

With the initials HB maybe I should just sign my name as the bluetooth symbol from now on.

richh00 on December 5th, 2019 at 08:44 UTC »

There, as always, is a Tom Scott video on this subject. It's very interesting.