苹果公司(Apple)从破产的边缘满血复活,如今成为了有史以来市值最高的公司。在2000至2001年的互联网泡沫华丽破灭之后,科技行业经历了几年的低潮期,随后又出现了一轮同样壮观的泡沫累积。预测社交媒体的消亡已被证明为是一种徒劳无功的尝试。整个社交媒体行业则一直不断地以出人意料的方式发展演变着。会有像Facebook这样发展壮大的公司,也会有像MySpace这样趋于衰落的公司。但至少整整一代人以及其他群体中很大一部分人的 Apple, revived from the brink of bankruptcy, is now the company with the highest market value ever. After the dot-com bubble burst from 2000 to 2001, the technology industry experienced several years of low tide, followed by another round of equally spectacular bubble buildup. Predicting the demise of social media has proven to be a futile effort. The entire social media industry continues to evolve in unexpected ways. There will be companies that grow and thrive like Facebook and companies that are going down like MySpace. But for a whole generation and for a large part of other groups