Motherboard | Documents show that bail bond companies used a secret phone tracking service to make tens of thousands of location requests.

Fast Company | Many popular iPhone apps — including Abercrombie & Fitch, Hotels.com, Air Canada, Hollister, Expedia, and Singapore Airlines — are using a technology called “session replay” from customer experience analytics firm Glassbox to record everything you do on your iPhone when using their app, reports TechCrunch.

Ars Technica | On Thursday, Cisco formally joined the parade of major tech companies that have been calling for a comprehensive federal privacy law that would once and for all set a clear standard for tech companies nationwide.

Gizmodo | Facebook was slapped with a ruling in Germany that limits how the social media giant can collect data across its multiple platforms, like WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook is not happy about it, to say the least. The company says it’s collecting all of that data for your own good. They’re simply using their data sharing methods to protect you against terrorism and child abuse. Seriously.

Gizmodo | The Start menu is your way into Windows and the web — it’s where you find your apps and start your searches, where you go to customize the system and organize your digital life. It’s the hub of everything you do on your Windows computer, so don’t settle for the default configuration: make the Start menu your own.

Computerworld | Turn Google's note-taking app into a powerful mobile productivity tool with these easy-to-follow tips.

SearchCIO | The ban against pursuing tech for tech's sake — it's been lifted. CIOs need to dive into emerging tech to extract its business potential. Welcome to the new CIO job description.

Medium | How to do a data detox, in a zillion easy steps.

G Suite Updates | To give end users more granular control over what account data they choose to share with each app, Google is changing how users give apps permissions to access their information.

G Suite Updates | Recently, Google launched the BigQuery data connector to allow users to easily import data from larger datasets into Sheets. Now, you can use tools like Apps Script and the macro recorder to schedule automatic updates within Sheets to the connected BigQuery data.

G Suite Updates | Google has expanded their font offerings for Thai users in Docs, Sheets, and Slides by adding several fonts that are part of the Thai “National Fonts” collection.