You are entering the debate about whether what the historically named The Black Death is indeed the Bubonic Plague, the former being transmitted through the fleas of rats. From the historical record, the Black Death spread much faster than any sort of rat/flea disease, such as in island nations like Iceland. If you, or anyone else, claims to know the true nature of the Black Death, then you are indeed, a truly smart person.
Yes it does, but:
speed of light applies even for gravity, any gravitational tug is restricted to that speed
due to the inverse square law, it very quickly drops to "insignificant"
due to the homogeneous nature of the mass in the universe, any electron would be getting equal influence from all directions, the sum being no effect
Would allergies make exploring alien planets impossible without a biohazard suit? Would absolutely everything cause an allergic reaction since every microbe, benign or not, is alien to our immune system?
I bet a lot of major players, including Apple (they've crippled both Flash and Java applets - another way to achieve push), are dragging their feet. What do "apps" mean when a push browser does everything an app ever could?
With software, you're at the mercy of "listings websites", like Softpedia, and high-powered blogs (like the Polish one that's giving me crazy traffic) SEO is meaningless!