蘋果首席執行官蒂姆?庫克在D處境微妙
科技博客ALL THINGS D

????庫克稱，喬布斯曾經告訴他，別問斯蒂夫會怎么干。“他用那雙只有他才有的炯炯有神的眼睛盯著我說：‘做該做的就對了。’我現在正是這么干的。這意味著事情會變得有所不同嗎？顯然是的。不過他才是最善于這么干的那個人。”庫克稱，如果有必要，喬布斯毫不猶豫就會來個180度的大轉彎，這一點廣為人知。他甚至從來不會透露他曾經支持過完全相反的做法。

馬克?扎克伯格噩夢成真
《紐約》雜志（NYMAG）

????盡管扎克伯格對上市一事感到惴惴不安，Facebook還是必須進行首次公開募股（IPO）——畢竟Facebook想要繼續維持私有化的地位，無法克服的障礙實在太多——最終它也欣慰地做到了。股東的壓力會迫使公司不斷推出新產品，改進現有產品，股價最終也會穩定在某個水平上，盡管可能不如IPO的首發價格那么搶眼，但至少能讓嘰嘰喳喳的人住嘴。

自上市以來，Facebook的市值已損失350億美元，股價跌到了29美元以下。
科技博客TECHCRUNCH

????痛苦，痛苦，還是痛苦。對Facebook的股票來說，這段日子實在苦不堪言。今天股價第一次跌到20美元的區間，股票預購一開始，就跌去了大約9%。在第三波有關Facebook手機的報告出籠后僅一天，股價就開始猛跌。這些報告認為，做手機這一打算會把Facebook推向硬件制造這一風險重重、成本高昂的領域。

RIM聘請摩根大通和加拿大皇家銀行進行戰略評估
《華爾街日報》（WALL STREET JOURNAL）

????由于黑莓手機（BlackBerry）在美國智能手機市場上銷量慘淡，市場份額不斷萎縮，移動研究公司（RIM）可謂接連遭受打擊。公司表示已于3月開展了大規模戰略評估。本周二，公司稱，本季度早些時候已聘請了上述兩家專業銀行參與該評估，以“評估不同財務戰略的相對優點和可行性，包括通過合作利用黑莓平臺的機會，授權經營的機會和其他戰略性商業模式”。

谷歌推出Chromebook與Chromebox
科技博客GIGAOM

????Chrome操作系統和基于該系統的電腦已接近成熟，可作為替補電腦或第二臺電腦。它還受益于一個現狀，即多數人已習慣于使用瀏覽器工作和生活。

????譯者：清遠

Apple CEO Tim Cook in the hot seat at D [ALL THINGS D]

????Cook said that Jobs told him not to ask what Steve would have done. "He looked at me with those intense eyes that only he had and said, 'Just do what's right.' I'm doing that. Does that mean some things would be different? Of course. But he was the best person at doing that." Cook notes that Jobs was well known for doing a 180-degree turn if needed, without ever letting on that he had advocated the opposite.

Mark Zuckerberg's nightmare comes to life [NYMAG]

????Facebook had to hold an IPO despite Zuckerberg's fears — there were too many barriers to remaining private — and it will ultimately be glad it did. Shareholder pressure will force it to stake out new products and improve existing ones, and the stock price will stabilize eventually at a level that, while not as impressive as its IPO price, will at least quiet the Chicken Littles.

Facebook has lost about $35 billion in value since IPO as shares dip below $29. [TECHCRUNCH]

????Pain, pain, and more pain for Facebook's stock. Facebook sunk into the $20s for the first time today, declining about 9 percent as options trading started. The decline also came a day after a third wave of reports came out about a Facebook phone, which would push the company into the risky and expensive world of building hardware.

RIM hires J.P. Morgan, RBC for Strategic Review [WALL STREET JOURNAL]

????RIM has been buffeted by falling BlackBerry sales and crumbling market share in the North American smartphone market and said it has engaged in a wide-ranging strategic review in March. ... On Tuesday, RIM said it had hired the two banks earlier in the quarter to assist in that review and to "evaluate the relative merits and feasibility of various financial strategies, including opportunities to leverage the BlackBerry platform through partnerships, licensing opportunities and strategic business model alternatives."

Google launches Chromebook, Chromebox & gets it right [GIGAOM]

????The ChromeOS and the devices based on the OS have reached a point in maturity where they can be used as an "optional" or second computer. It is also benefitting from the fact that most of us have become used to living and working inside the browser.