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How did name and logo of Bluetooth come up? A Viking-era king and beer!

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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. "Ji

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How Beers And Vikings Gave Bluetooth Technology Its Name

One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers. At the end of the 1990s, Sven Mattisson, a Swedish engineer working at telecom group Ericsson, and Jim Kardach, an American employed by Intel, were among those developing the revolutionary technology.

3 years ago·United States

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How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name

One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth.

3 years ago·South Africa

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WION

How did name and logo of Bluetooth come up? A Viking-era king and beer!

3 years ago·Noida, India

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Bangkok Post

How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name

STOCKHOLM - One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker "Bluetooth" over beers.

3 years ago·กทม, Thailand

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