4 Tech News Stories for Sourcers and Recruiters

Congrats! You’ve almost made it through Monday. Here are 4 tech stories that should interest tech-minded sourcing and recruiting professionals.

Normally it’s just the recruiters complaining about LinkedIn. Last week, the social network (which now resembles more of a job board) removed the export contacts feature. This move gained a lot of negative attention from the mainstream media and technology blogs. This week, after the PR team made their way through all the negative press, the decision was reversed.
I’ve been a huge fan of Google+ since the platform launched. I’ve used it extensively to interview sourcing and recruiting experts around the world. On a personal level, I’ve enjoyed using Google+ to edit photos (I’m not very good with photoshop). Unfortunately, the rest of the world didn’t adopt Google+ with such enthusiasm. In yet another display that Google leaders know the platform is doomed, Google blogged that the company will no longer require users to have a G+ profile to use other Google products, including Youtube. I have to admit, I’m not real concerned with the G+ community disappearing. I just hope Google Hangouts ON AIR don’t disappear.
The Next Web has reported that many developers are exposing their Git directories online. No, Github is not a Git (read more here).
Have you ever wished you had more control over emails you send? Dmail let’s you send emails via Gmail that will self destruct. A future edition will allow you to send emails that can’t be forwarded. Read more about Dmail on Techcrunch.