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Rory Cellan-Jones reports from the Mobile World Congress, one of the biggest mobile phone events of the year. The small screen on your handset is big news in Nairobi where a burgeoning developer community spends at least as much time building services for that as it does for the big screen. Erik Hersman one of the founders of iHub discusses opportunities for developers in East Africa. As the Oscars approach, Angela Saini reports on the battle of the terabytes among nominees for the special effects category. She goes behind the scenes to talk to the visual effects team responsible for the digital effects in Inception – one of the favourites for an Oscar. Windows versus Linux, Android versus iPad - Digital Planet hears from listeners on their thoughts on open versus closed systems in the digital world.
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