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If you've ever wondered how the name Bluetooth came about, I've got the answer.

Surprisingly it doesn't have anything to do with they color of the logo being blue or the symbol looking like a set of tooth. Bluetooth is named after the legendary Danish Viking King Harald Blåtand. Blåtand was an expert at bringing people together for non-violent negotiations. The way he used words went so far as uniting Denmark and Norway as a single territory. The English translation of Blåtand is blue-tooth.

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According to one of the developers Jim Kardach, "the legend suited the name for the program. Harald had united Denmark and turned the Danes to Christians". Kardach also created a PowerPoint foil with a version of the Runic stone where King Harald held a cellphone in one hand and a notebook in the other hand with the translation of the Runes:


"Harald united Denmark and Norway”
“Harald thinks that mobile PC’s and cellular phones should seamlessly communicate”

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The name was perfect and the logo for Bluetooth depicts Blåtand’s initials inscribed in Runic symbols.

Source - http://www.naijatechguy.com/2017/03/see-why-bluetooth-was-named.html

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Nija Techguy is hereby recommended to be appointed Nigeria Ambassador to Norway/Denmark.

orisa37:
Nija Techguy is hereby recommended to be appointed Nigeria Ambassador to Norway/Denmark.

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He is all over Google.

Op na lie , see the man Bluetooth was named after

Noted. . .Though, story is at varriant to same topic that made front page.

To have something as useful as Bluetooth named after you. Well deserved honor. He must have been so great when alive

Blue? Well, so many things come my mind right now.

Kudos padi

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Educative Good morning pals

That's good

very informative

Noted

How?

So Bluetooth is somebody's name? Him..mm, that's interesting.

This is interesting to know!

So he is both an activist and engineer.

Interesting and informative

We don see am thanks

nice

nice one bro

enlightening.

Very interesting..wish is alive to upgrade the Blue and the tooth.

Nice info OP

Highly educative. These are the kinda posts that we should see on front page, not nonsense posts about wannabes

is that all we need wen Buhari is going to come back, u are telling me why Bluetooth is called Bluetooth..... expecting why Nairaland is called Nairaland ooooo