Shout out to Dutch electrical engineer Jaap Haartsen for this one. I cringe to think about the amount of money I spent maintaining a DVD collection. Too bad the cloud arrived in such a big way and ...

Yet, despite its ubiquity, few know the story behind its peculiar name. Invented by Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson in 1994, the wireless technology enables devices to connect and exchange data ...

People use it everyday - but many have no idea how Bluetooth got its unusual name. The wireless technology allows devices to connect and exchange date over a short distance - and is commonly used ...

Bluetooth was invented by Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson in 1994. However, despite being around for more than 30 years, some people are only just stopping to wonder what it's unusual name ...

He died in 1923. Jaap Haartsen — Bluetooth Jaap Haartsen was living in Sweden and working on indoor wireless communication systems when he developed the specifications for Bluetooth in 1994.

Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure. Jaap van Zweden will conduct his last concerts as music director of the New York Philharmonic this summer.Credit ...