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The Interview breaks online movie sales records: A case for simultaneous releases
2014-12-29 13:16:09| Extremetech
It is exceedingly hard to find an angle that presents The Interview in a positive light -- and yet, of course, Sony Pictures' marketing department has managed to do just that. Yesterday, four days after the film's release on YouTube, Google Play Movies, and Xbox Video, The Interview became Sony's '#1 online film of all time,' grossing $15 million from sales and rentals. In other news, however, it would appear, rather ironically, that Sony used a popular K-pop song without permission of artist.
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World Cup Final Breaks Records on Facebook
2014-07-14 22:39:07| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Sunday's World Cup final generated about 350 million Facebook posts and 32.1 million tweets.
German Solar Breaks Three Records Within Two Weeks
2014-06-23 03:32:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The latest analysis from the Fraunhofer ISE solar energy research institute shows that photovoltaic systems generated a record 24.24 GW between 1 and 2 pm on Friday, June 6, and a total of 1.26 TWh over the entire week. read more
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Thames breaks records for water flow
2014-02-13 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The amount of water flowing through the Thames this January was the highest recorded for that month since records began in 1883. New data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) shows that the rate of water flow has now exceeded 275 metres per second for more than 50 days. his is nearly twice the record duration for sustained high flow. The CEH says that Southern Britain is likely to have the wettest winter ever recorded Scientists from the Centre measure water flow on all the...
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United Kingdom: January rainfall breaks records
2014-01-30 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Early figures suggest parts of England have had their wettest January since records began more than 100 years ago. The Met Office said much of southern England and parts of the Midlands had already seen twice the average rainfall for January by midnight on Tuesday - with three days left in the month. And it is warning of more rain, as well as snow and high winds, for much of the UK in the coming days. In Somerset, the military is preparing to help flooded areas. Up to and including January...
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