R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. isn't saying how much it's paying to buy up Journalism Online and its Press+ paid content management system. Sources, however, told paidContent that the purchase price is likely between $35 million-to-$45 million, including possible earn outs. When I spoke with News Corp.'s Jon Housman earlier today, he would say only that the company's minority stake had "appreciated considerably." The only thing Gordon Crovitz would say about the value of the deal is: "We're very happy with this transaction." According to paidContent, Journalism Online was only on the block briefly before the R.R. …

Bing this week added tweets from Twitter on the Bing News search results pages. "The tweets are public updates from the Twitter stream related to the news query," reported Search Engine Land. For example, search for [japan] on Bing News, and you'll now see a box on the right that says "Public updates for japan," Search Engine Land's Greg Sterling explains. Users can pause the stream of tweets, if they want to slow down the stream. They can also click through to read the tweet by the Twitter user directly on Twitter.com. Meanwhile, users can click on the …

InsideView just announced $12 million in funding in a series C round led by Foundation Capital. As NewEnterprise explains, "The service deploys within existing CRM applications like Oracle, SAP, Salesforce.com, Microsoft CRM and SugarCRM to enhance the information view on a person or company with data gathered from numerous sources." When users look at the window for a target, they see information taken from their LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, information about them from Jigsaw, but also what people are saying about their company on Twitter. There's also corporate financial and relationship data from CaptialIQ -- a powerful financial …

Risking it reputation as an open-source crusader, Google says it will delay the distribution of its newest Android source code, dubbed Honeycomb, at least for the foreseeable future, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. "The search giant says the software, which is tailored specifically for tablet computers that compete against Apple's iPad, is not yet ready to be altered by outside programmers and customized for other devices, such as phones." Unlike its rivals, Google has traditionally made the underlying code for its popular Android operating system publicly available, so anyone could access it and tailor it for use in mobile phones, …

Google has reportedly begun testing Google Music internally, but whether existing music services should be worried remains to be seen. Taking the news as a sign "that the much anticipated service is nearly ready to launch," CNet writes: "Employees at the online behemoth have begun a process commonly referred to in Silicon Valley as dog-fooding, in which employees try out a new service or product." "Google wants to operate a ‘locker' music service, which gives users access to all of their personal music files from a cloud-based server, and has begun testing the service internally," writes MediaMemo. "But …

Suggesting to Business Insider that Microsoft is working on an answer to Google TV and Apple TV, the software giant just put a "hardware veteran" in charge of its interactive TV business. Tom Gibbons, headed Microsoft Hardware before joining the Windows Phone team in 2009, was just recently given the new title of corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft's TV and Service business. "Microsoft has been rumored to be working on some sort of new TV or video service since last fall," BI reports. One unconfirmed report said the devices would run the Windows Embedded operating system …

Thanks to a boom in mobile applications, Forrester predicts that Apple will continue posting sales growth of more than 50% for the next two years. And for that, Apple has only itself to thank. Indeed, high demand for iPads and iPhones has spawned a market for downloadable apps. That, in turn, has kept customers buying Apple's products, and putting the company on course for higher revenue than IBM and HP, Forrester CEO George Colony tell Bloomberg. Citing Apple's 52% sales growth last year, Colony said: "They'll be bigger than IBM next year, and they'll be bigger than HP …

Adding to its free Wi-Fi offerings, Starbuck is adding premium content from ESPN, The Economist, Mediabistro and Marvel Digital Comics. "Starbucks customers will get subscription-level access to each new content provider's online repertoire -- in addition to content from existing partners like The Wall Street Journal -- that is typically blocked by pay walls," Mashable reports. Though a relatively new offering for Starbucks, the coffee chain knows that free Wi-Fi isn't the draw it used to be. "We're trying to strike a delicate balance, to enhance our customers' experience and differentiate our Wi-Fi from other chains," said Adam …

Facing increasing competition, online textbook renter Chegg is unveiling a new Web site that helps students select courses, and even study. "We aspire to be relevant to students every day of their college experience," CEO Dan Rosensweig tells The New York Times. The new services come from the integration of two start-ups that Chegg bought in the last year, according to The Times' Bits blog. CourseRank, which Chegg acquired last summer, lets students see reviews of courses and professors written by other students. "Students can also see when a class meets so they can plan their schedule online," …

The industry is buzzing about Color -- a new proximity- and photo-based social network with no privacy settings, that just debuted on the iPhone and Android.  Rather than "friending" or following people, a Color user simply posts pictures. "Users see pictures posted recently and nearby their current location," NetworkEffect explains. "This concept seems fitting for events -- say, a sports game or a wedding -- where lots of people who don't necessarily know each other are taking photos of the same thing." "It's the ultimate voyeur app for those who simply want to know what's happening with …