Only a few weeks ago, Google executives announced Google+ Pages for brands and companies were on the way. Anticipation of Google opening up the doors to businesses on Google+ has been a long awaited feature-add to their fast growing, and widely used platform. The detail that interests me is the use of the Google Places logo for this tab. MORE >>

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. But, it turns out, there are not any automotive sites specifically geared towards women. What is VroomGirls? MORE >>

There’s a lot of hand wringing about the accessibility of entrepreneurship and Silicon Valley to women and minorities. Our interview with Tara Weingarten of VroomGirls ran both on socalTECH and our Texas site, plus we have interviews with Carrie Layne of BestBuzz , Patti Rogers of Rallyhood , and Sara Gates of Wisegate on the Texas site). MORE >>

Irvine-based YouMail , the personalized voicemail service firm headed by Alex Quilici, has raised around $355,000 in new funding, adding CrunchFund--the investment fund run by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington--as a backer. Details of the funding were leaked by TechCrunch, which also said that the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund participated. MORE >>

Burbank-based Warner Brothers Interactive has chopped 60 people in its Seattle game studios, according to a report from Joystiq, which confirmed the cuts with Warner Brothers. It's unclear if Warner Brothers Interactive had cut any other positions across the company's other locations or at its Burbank headquarters. READ MORE>>. MORE >>