Every time a phone connects to wireless earbuds or a car stereo, a tiny Viking legacy quietly flickers to life. The ...

Bluetooth technology, a staple in everyday life used across the globe to connect devices like mobiles and wireless headphones, is well-known, but its name and emblem are steeped in history that eludes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Bluetooth is one of technology's great survivors. Once ...

Bold and ruthless, King Harald Gormsson gave his name to the wireless technology that unites devices the way he united Scandinavia. A portrait of King Harald Bluetooth at the Roskilde Cathedral, where ...

In a historic gesture, Denmark has officially granted the creators of Bluetooth technology the right to use the name and symbol of Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson for the next 1,000 years.

The first iteration of Bluetooth, version 1.0, was released with basic wireless connection capabilities but suffered from significant limitations in connectivity and interference handling. Bluetooth 1 ...