There may be things that Applebook (Fapple?) could do that each company separately cannot. This article is still just linkbait speculation, though. My (persona

There may be things that Applebook (Fapple?) could do that each company separately cannot. This article is still just linkbait speculation, though. My (personal, not reflecting on my employer, etc) feeling is that Facebook wouldn't take the offer. Zuckerberg doesn't even want to IPO yet because of the limited amount of control he'd give up. Even if Jobs offered every last penny of that $51B, plus stock and a magic pony, I don't think Zuckerberg would take it.