Or to be more exact, it's like Google street view when you right click and enable 3D mode

Not even to stop a very small number of deaths - it just notifies the police faster than someone calling them when they hear gunfire.

Often the first step I take for non-trivial problems is to think "has anyone does this before" and "did they share how they did it". You can often find a block of code on stackoverflow or someone's blog that does the trick. You should of course cite your source if it's a longer section or complicated one (this helps you later or others figure out what's going on), and licensing has to be kept in mind, but there's no point in redesigning the wheel every time.

The "News feed" is not general news, it's a feed of "new" stuff your friends post. Could be that they're hosting a party or a picture from dinner or even a news article on a recent event. Really only is useful if you have friends who post on it.

What about people in repressive countries that don't have open access to these sites? It would be good to be able to access Facebook or Twitter and know the connection is secure.

No, because the senate was still dysfunctional due to the filibuster requiring 60 votes. The dems only had 59 votes while Franken's race was being resolved, then 60 for a short time before Kennedy died.

In a functional government, one party wouldn't attempt to block all legislation at all costs (even bills that were their idea!). With a super majority, not everyone in the party should even need to be in agreement, but that's how it was because the gop preferred gridlock.

You sound insane

DVRs can only play back videos recorded in the past, not videos that will be recorded in the future.

That sounds great! I guess I'll just go down to my local BestBuy and pick up one of these Oculus Rifts....oh wait.

No financial data travels from your phone either until you enter the PIN or scan your fingerprint.

So you should feel right at home with NFC+PIN then

Why is that? How do you imagine your money would be stolen?

So you're saying that the good old magstripe is somehow MORE secure than an NFC phone that requires secondary authentication? Or is it you just haven't figured out how to turn NFC on?

Who gave you a monopoly on deciding which words people can use?!

The US would still be a very lucrative market - especially since everyone would have a minimum income they are able to spend. Say we put taxes at a ridiculous 90%. Would you as a corporation rather take in 10% of $1 billion or 0% of $1 billion. Take your time on the math.