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Virgin America's New Plane is a Twitter Hashtag #nerdbird

It celebrates the 'tech nerds' that fly the San Francisco-Boston route frequently.

Rossi Fernandes|Jun 18, 2011, 10:42:50 IST

Talk about integrating social networking into your business. Virgin American has just named one of their flights with a hashtag. It's called #nerdbird. The company said that its dedicating its 39th bird to its social media fans, with updates both on Facebook and Twitter. It's the first of its kind and of course, a brilliant idea to take a hashtag to the sky. It isn't flying high right now on trending topics though, maybe it will soon.

Haven't you heard? It's the #nerdbird

The name #nerdbird is said to be dedicated to the 'tech nerds' who fly between Boston and San Francisco quite regularly. Apparently it's what Virgin's guests and crew call SFO-BOS flights. This fun little name will definitely get them a lot more social media supporters and

of course, that will never hurt the business

By Rossi Fernandes

Our resident Hardware Ninja, Rossi, lives for speed - by uhh riding his bicycle. He's Tech2's utility man, dividing his time between cameras, software and intense bouts of Quake III. He's also a fan of all things obscure, case in point, Live for Speed (sic). Never heard of it? We rest our case. In his spare time he tries to teach our new joinees the tricks of the trade even though the blood sweat and tears, but give him a camera and all things forgotten.