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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; [2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod.
The name "Bluetooth" was proposed in 1997 by Jim Kardach of Intel, one of the founders of the Bluetooth SIG.The name was inspired by a conversation with Sven Mattisson who related Scandinavian history through tales from Frans G. Bengtsson's The Long Ships, a historical novel about Vikings and the 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth.
Upon discovering a picture of the runestone of Harald Bluetooth[7] in the book A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones, Kardach proposed Bluetooth as the codename for the short-range wireless program which is now called Bluetooth.[8][9][10] To: Etymology The companies Ericsson, IBM, Toshiba, Nokia and Intel are behind the standard.
Defeated, Harald once again submitted to the Ottonians. [ 6 ] Earl Haakon had helped against the Germans with a Norwegian army, but shortly after the Danish defeat and Harald forcing him to convert to Christianity , he rebelled against Harald Bluetooth in 975 and made Norway an independent kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo merges the runes analogous to the modern Latin alphabet letters h and b; ᚼ and ᛒ together, forming a bind rune. The two letters form the initials 'H B', alluding to the Danish king and viking raider Harald Bluetooth , for whom Bluetooth was named.
Use modern Bluetooth versions and do software updates. Bluetooth has gone through several iterations in the past 10 years. Most modern headphones, like second-generation AirPods, use Bluetooth 5.0 ...
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Bluetooth hearing aids can be paired with cellphones, tablets and computers that can send the sound from the device directly to the hearing aid. "This can include audio from phone calls but also ...