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  2. Bluetooth - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Harald Bluetooth - Wikipedia

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    The Bluetooth wireless specification design was named after the king in 1997, [30] based on an analogy that the technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom. [31] [32] [33] The Bluetooth logo consists of a Younger Futhark bind rune for his initials, H and B . [34]

  4. Fact check: Bluetooth is actually named after the Viking king ...

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    It's true that Bluetooth is named after Harald "Blatand" Gormsson, a Viking king who ruled Denmark and Norway. Fact check: Bluetooth is actually named after the Viking king who united Denmark ...

  5. Bluetooth Special Interest Group - Wikipedia

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    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) is the standards organization that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. The SIG is a not-for-profit, non-stock corporation founded in September 1998.

  6. Ericsson - Wikipedia

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    Ericsson is the inventor of Bluetooth technology. [8] History ... was the biggest in U.S. history. ... after which it changed name to Sony Mobile Communications, ...

  7. Jaap Haartsen - Wikipedia

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    Jacobus "Jaap" Cornelis Haartsen (born 13 February of 1963, The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch electrical engineer, researcher, inventor and entrepreneur, best known for being credited as the inventor of Bluetooth.

  8. Runes - Wikipedia

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    Bluetooth logo with the initials of Harald Blåtand. The Bluetooth logo is the combination of two runes of the Younger Futhark, ᚼ hagall and ᛒ bjarkan, equivalent to the letters H and B, that are the initials of Harald “Blåtand” Gormsson's name (Bluetooth in English), who was a king of Denmark from the Viking Age. [citation needed]

  9. Milestones: A look back at AOL's 35 year history as an ...

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    While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time. 2006 : America Online drops its old name to officially become AOL and no longer charges for email services.