The claim: Bluetooth is named after a Viking king. The technology behind Bluetooth connectivity has become increasingly popular and has been used by a new generation of hearing aids and COVID-19 ...

The Bluetooth saga. Two famous rune stones at Jelling were impressive monuments to a new, stable style of rule. The older and smaller of the pair was inscribed by the pagan Gorm to commemorate ...

Though ‘Bluetooth’ was meant to be a temporary code name for the short-range wireless technology while it was under development, it stuck, and the Younger Futhark runes that make up Harald ...

Archeologists speculate the burial site is probably related to a nobleman’s farm located less than 0.65 miles away. That find ...

Bluetooth technology is used by millions of people every day, but many are unaware of the fascinating history behind the name and logo, which date back over 1,000 years to Denmark and Viking royalty ...

bluetooth runes The names of technological tools often carry the same weight as the tools themselves—in some cases, words like Google or Uber become part of the lexicon. So it is with Bluetooth.

Bluetooth is a wireless technology that allows devices to connect and exchange data over a short distance - but many people ...

Bluetooth technology is so ubiquitous at this point, ... the recognizable icon for the popular wireless technology is a combination of two Viking runes indicating the king's initials: H and B.

Both Jelling runestones name Queen Thyra. King Harald Bluetooth commissioned the larger Jelling stone, known as Jelling 2 (above), to honor his parents, King Gorm and Thyra.