Please refine the question, I don't understand it. In particular, what is native vs javascript necessarily about mobile application frameworks?
In any case, more and more companies use SaaS with a service oriented architecture nowadays, since they want isolation of the different services as well as high reliability and scalability. In big companies, they build their own frameworks, Javascript/XML (or HTML) are quite popular for the UI, while C++ seems to be favored for the backend of the service itself.

That's not how things work.

The Mayans were a civilization based on water control. Water is necessary to survive and was only available seasonally in the region the Mayans originate from. The Mayan kings developed ways to control water, which in turn got them the following of their subjects, which allowed them to have a massive workforce available to build more sophisticated ways to control water, as well as the incentive to develop the technology further to stay in power.

Something similar happened to all ancient civilizations; they get developed out of need, dependence on a ruling class is built to address that need, and massive constructions are the result of large populations being controlled and conditioned.

Why is there no such thing during the middle ages? Because to a degree, people were generally happy, had what they needed and were left to their own devices instead of being at the mercy of a control freak.

It's done by DICE under EA, they're the makers of the Battlefield series.
It will be a casual shooter. They attract people with visuals and pseudo-cinematic aspects, not with actual gameplay.

Surely you realize those weapons are not realistic, right?
They behave pretty much like normal guns, and not like lasers would.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nih+syndr...

NIH syndrome, a Google specialty.

I think they're wrong here, it's not options at all.

Google earns all of their money through Internet ads.
That must mean not everyone uses adblockers.

They're not the same thing?

It is from a technical point of view.
Marketing is something else entirely.

It's supposed to work well, but YMMV.

Why do you think people want games on Linux? It's because rebooting to Windows is tedious.
Linux is the better desktop and working environment, so it is what you use when you don't play games. Having your desktop be an alt-tab away is convenient to quickly switch between gaming and other things.

Now why isn't the demand for games on Linux higher? Because most people who use Linux are professionals, and they don't spend that much of their time on the computer playing games, so when they need to, suffering the reboot is ok.

I mostly play games on emulators nowadays, and they run fine on Linux.

When you speak of "the Western World", you're actually quite America-centric.
Most of the comments you've said (most obviously the credit card debt thing) don't apply at all in other countries.

I don't understand. What's wrong with sexting? Aren't even young people entitled to send pictures of their naked self to whoever they see fit?