今日科技速递：黑莓制造商穷则思变

苹果首席执行官蒂姆•库克在D处境微妙
科技博客ALL THINGS D

    库克称，乔布斯曾经告诉他，别问斯蒂夫会怎么干。“他用那双只有他才有的炯炯有神的眼睛盯着我说：‘做该做的就对了。’我现在正是这么干的。这意味着事情会变得有所不同吗？显然是的。不过他才是最善于这么干的那个人。”库克称，如果有必要，乔布斯毫不犹豫就会来个180度的大转弯，这一点广为人知。他甚至从来不会透露他曾经支持过完全相反的做法。

马克•扎克伯格噩梦成真
《纽约》杂志（NYMAG）

    尽管扎克伯格对上市一事感到惴惴不安，Facebook还是必须进行首次公开募股（IPO）——毕竟Facebook想要继续维持私有化的地位，无法克服的障碍实在太多——最终它也欣慰地做到了。股东的压力会迫使公司不断推出新产品，改进现有产品，股价最终也会稳定在某个水平上，尽管可能不如IPO的首发价格那么抢眼，但至少能让叽叽喳喳的人住嘴。

自上市以来，Facebook的市值已损失350亿美元，股价跌到了29美元以下。
科技博客TECHCRUNCH

    痛苦，痛苦，还是痛苦。对Facebook的股票来说，这段日子实在苦不堪言。今天股价第一次跌到20美元的区间，股票预购一开始，就跌去了大约9%。在第三波有关Facebook手机的报告出笼后仅一天，股价就开始猛跌。这些报告认为，做手机这一打算会把Facebook推向硬件制造这一风险重重、成本高昂的领域。

RIM聘请摩根大通和加拿大皇家银行进行战略评估
《华尔街日报》（WALL STREET JOURNAL）

    由于黑莓手机（BlackBerry）在美国智能手机市场上销量惨淡，市场份额不断萎缩，移动研究公司（RIM）可谓接连遭受打击。公司表示已于3月开展了大规模战略评估。本周二，公司称，本季度早些时候已聘请了上述两家专业银行参与该评估，以“评估不同财务战略的相对优点和可行性，包括通过合作利用黑莓平台的机会，授权经营的机会和其他战略性商业模式”。

谷歌推出Chromebook与Chromebox
科技博客GIGAOM

    Chrome操作系统和基于该系统的电脑已接近成熟，可作为替补电脑或第二台电脑。它还受益于一个现状，即多数人已习惯于使用浏览器工作和生活。

    译者：清远

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.