Sometimes its quite easy to find a library or a solution and implement it just by following a couple of steps. But sometimes it can be painful. Very painful. That’s something I faced recently. I had to add custom fonts to jasper report in a Java project. Sadly the JasperReport community wasn’t too helpful as […]
Anyone can spy on you with FaceTime
A newly discovered bug lets anyone to spy on you and hear your voice or even see your video before you could answer the call. Yep, you read the right, and it doesn’t require ‘hacking-skills’ to do that. The bug was initially reported by the Apple news and review website 9to5Mac. What’s the bug: When […]
WhatsApp restricts message-forwarding up to five times
The restriction was introduced in an effort to fight fake news. WhatsApp has planned to restrict its users to forward each message to a maximum of five conversations or group chats. The idea is to tackle the spread of fake and false information through the messaging platform. The messaging giant had already introduced this policy […]
Microsoft tells users to switch to Android or iOS, ends Windows 10 Mobile support
Yes, you read that right! Microsoft tells users to switch to Android or iOS and has officially announced to end it’s support for Windows Phone. In the support portal, a new page, titled as, Windows 10 Mobile End of Support: FAQ, was added. In the FAQ’s section, Microsoft answered a question What should Windows 10 Mobile […]
WebSocket in Spring Boot / Spring Framework
Lately I got a chance to get my hands dirty with WebSocket in Spring Boot. The idea was to broadcast the progress of an Async task that took a while to complete its operation. At first, it felt like a nightmare to me (I over-reacted, yes) but by the time I completed my research of […]