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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.
The Bluetooth logo. 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]
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.
It's true that Bluetooth is named after Harald "Blatand" Gormsson, a Viking king who ruled Denmark and Norway.
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]
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.
The Play symbol is arguably the most widely used of the media control symbols. In many ways, this symbol has become synonymous with music culture and more broadly the digital download era. As such, there are now a multitude of items such as T-shirts, posters, and tattoos that feature this symbol.
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