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Hate Story IV HATE STORY has been a very successful franchise, with HATE STORY 3 [2015] doing huge business at the box office. So does HATE STORY IV also manage to entertain like the previous parts? Or does it falter like the recent adult flicks? Let's analyze. HATE STORY IV is the story of a girl who causes a rift between two brothers. Tasha (Urvashi Rautela) comes to London to become famous but is unable to find success. Luck favors her when she meets Rajveer (Karan Wahi), a photographer who is also a womanizer. He is floored by Tasha's glamorous appeal and recommends her to his brother Aryan (Vivan Bhatena) and his girlfriend cum business partner Rishma (Ihana Dhillon), both of whom are looking for a fresh face for their upcoming cosmetic brand.  Tasha is signed and she becomes famous. Both Aryan and Rajveer start lusting after Tasha and try to get close to her. Meanwhile, their father Vikram Khurana (Gulshan Grover) is running for London Mayoral elections and ...

Tech News OnePlus 6 might not be the name of 2018 flagship OnePlus is one of the few smartphone brands that has not been predictive when it comes to the naming of its smartphones. The company skipped the OnePlus 4 last year and jumped to OnePlus 5. This year, the company is expected to unveil a flagship smartphone called OnePlus 6. However, fresh information from the company's co-founder suggests that the device could carry a different moniker. According to a recent post made on the official Weibo account of OnePlus co-founder Pete Lau, there is a hint that the OnePlus 6 could be dubbed OnePlus 7 or OnePlus 8. On translating the post, it reads, 'Equal to 7 or 8 equal to it'. Though this post does not divulge any information regarding the upcoming flagship smartphone, it reveals that there is a possibility for us to see the company skip the OnePlus 6 name. This is something that is not new for OnePlus. Last year, the company skipped the moniker OnePlus 4 and ...

Tech News Apple files patents for flexible batteries Apple recently filed patents that will upgrade the Pencil, but now few fresh patents have surfaced that gives us a peek into what Apple is working on. The patents show flexible batteries and creating 3D effects on 2D display, reports DigitalTrends. Flexible batteries The first patent shows a concept flexible battery that can extend the battery life of the iPhones. It has been shaped better to cram into the device and will move according to the movement of the components inside the handset. The patent suggests that the batteries are made of cells placed along a flexible substrate, enabling the battery to move accordingly. It will be interesting to see how Apple takes this design forward. It can be used for standard iPhones to offer a battery life. But this also indicates a possibility of a flexible device altogether. Showing you around There must have been instances where you arrive at your destination only t...

Tech News OnePlus cryptocurrency teaser: Real ?? OnePlus sure knows how to sell its smartphones, offer a power packed device with high-end features and put a price tag that will attract someone seeking a flagship but at a lower cost. Besides, the company has been good at April Fool's day pranks too. In a recently launched video, co-founder Carl Pei is seen sharing company's vision beyond smartphones, and this year's joke seems to aim the biggest fad in 2017-2018 - cryptocurrencies. This isn't the first time OnePlus tried to play a prank with its fans. The company has a history of such pranks. Its tiny drone was actually put on sale, and small quantities of the Dash Charge drink were made. Besides the cryptocurrency prank, what's certain is the notched display on the OnePlus 6. Carl Pei had posted an image of their upcoming flagship smartphone which shows a part of the device and gives us an idea of how the notch will look like. Also, the exact dimensions...

Tech News Amazon launches the 2MB Kindle Lite Amazon announced the launch of Kindle Lite, the lightest reading app for Android in India. An India first product, the Kindle Lite App is less than 2MB and provides Kindle features such as personalized recommendations, Whispersync (synching your eBooks across devices) as well as free eBook samples and titles across English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam. During the first month of launch, customers will also get 80% cashback on their first eBook purchased on Kindle Lite through Amazon Pay. Kindle Lite consumes less memory on a customer's phone while providing a reading experience - even over slow internet connections and patchy networks. It is available to download for free on the Google Play Store for all Android phones. Amazon launched the Kindle Lite app as an open beta on Google Play Store last year to improve the customer experience with faster downloads, instant reading, and a lighter app. With Kind...

Tech News Instagram announces new features Instagram has announced that its app will undergo timeline changes based on the user feedback. The photo-sharing service will have a 'New Posts' button that lets the user manually refresh the feed. This will prevent the automatic refresh of the feed that results in missing out on many updates. Users will now be able to manually refresh the feed without the app doing it for them. Another change is the one users have been waiting for a long time - a chronological timeline. The previous timeline algorithm sorted the feed according to what the app thinks the user would like to see instead of the more logical reverse chronological timeline as before. After, much criticism, Instagram will now show posts in order. Although it still won't be in a chronological order, it would still be better than the current timeline. There also have been talks about the inability to share posts on Instagram such as retweet in Twitter and ...