The 1,000-Year-Old Story Behind Bluetooth
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'The PR guys hated the name': The 1,000-year-old story behind Bluetooth
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A pair of ancient runestones in Geiling tell the story of the Viking king who shaped Denmark – and inspired the name Bluetooth. If you’ve ever wirelessly connected your phone to your headphones or laptop, you’re probably already familiar with the name Bluetooth. But while the technology is modern, the story behind […] The post ‘Advertisers Hated It’: The 1,000-Year-Old Secret Behind Bluetooth appeared first on iEidiseis.
Before Bluetooth became the name of a technology that wirelessly connects phones, headphones, and computers, it was the nickname of a king...
Every time we wirelessly connect our mobile phone to our headphones or computer, we use a name that has traveled from the 10th century to modern technology. Bluetooth got its name… “PR people hated the name”: The 1,000-year history behind Bluetooth - ΘΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
The name is associated with the Viking king Harald Gormsson, who ruled Denmark in the 10th century. He went down in history under the nickname Harald Bluetooth. Researchers believe that this may have been due to the king's "blue" or rotten teeth.
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