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It looks like live streaming could be coming to a future generation of the iPhone and/or iPod devices. We've just come across this IETF submission containing Apple's spec for HTTP Live Streaming which describes a protocol for transmitting unbounded streams of multimedia over HTTP. According to the document, the protocol supports encryption of the media and the provision of alternate versions of the stream. The media data can also be transmitted after it's created, allowing it to be received in near real-time.

Could this mean live streaming is coming to our iPhones?

A few days ago, over at Gina Trapani's new Smarterware blog, I read about another new web-based music player and playlist creator, MixTape.me. I've reviewed several takes on the same basic concept recently, so I didn't immediately write this one up. But I went ahead and gave it a spin, listening to a few of the popular playlists and searching for my favorite artists on the service. And, as it turns out, this application hits all the right notes in terms of interface design, plus its mere existence is a testament to the power of mashups.