Apple has finally included support in its Safari browser for WebRTC, which along with HTML5 is a key enabler of web services such as streaming on mobile devices. Of course, the rise of streaming, in place of native applications, is a double-edged sword for Apple, which has made its mobile fortune on the basis of a carefully controlled apps base and store. But the pressure has been rising for the company to add WebRTC support to the WebKit engine which powers Safari, giving iOS developers and users the functionality which is already enjoyed in Android. Apple has updated its WebKit website to add WebRTC to a list of features “in development”. WebRTC, which underpins real time services like Google Hangouts,…