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Tech T@lk

twitter acquires quill, oppo teases retractable rear

twitter dMs may get major camera for phones ahead of

overhaul inno day event

ocial media giant Twitter has ac- ppo, which has the Inno Day but it could theoretically help im-
quired Quill that experts suggest event scheduled next week, prove telephoto performance.
Smight let Twitter DMs better ohas released a brief video The markings on the camera
compete with other messaging apps. hinting at a new type of camera design module show that the sensor is 1/1.56
As per GSM Arena, this new acqui- for smartphones. As per The Verge, inches and the lens is 50mm-equiva-
sition might result in Twitter offering the company’s “self-developed re- lent with an f/2.4 aperture, meaning
more robust messaging features. tractable camera” is shown extending it should be around 2x longer than
For the unversed, Quill is a mes- from the phone’s body before retract- the phone’s main lens. That’s a much
saging app for collaboration and ing back inside. The video suggests bigger sensor than you tend to find
communication with teams, one that from Twitter after the recent depar- that the mechanism is waterproof behind telephoto lenses, so maybe
competed with other productivity ture of the company’s former CEO and that it’ll automatically retract the the extra height allowed by the re-
messaging platforms like Slack. It Jack Dorsey. He was succeeded by camera if the phone is dropped. Un- tracting mechanism is what makes
focused on keeping messages or- Parag Agrawal, a week ago. As per like pop-up selfie cameras that hide this possible.
ganized and its notification system GSM Arena, Twitter could imple- inside a phone until needed, moving At Oppo’s annual Inno Day
was designed to keep notifications ment some sort of messaging chan- the camera back and forth on the event, the company often shows off
to a minimum. Twitter DM is simple nels for keeping in touch with large Z-axis could have implications for various concepts and technologies
and barebones compared to other communities of users. With Twitter image quality, though Oppo hasn’t before they’re commercially de-
messaging platforms like Instagram, Blue (Twitter’s premium paid-sub- yet claimed anything about any op- ployed. Last year’s event featured
Facebook Messenger, Discord, and scription tier), the platform could of- tical advantages of this design. It a rollable phone and AR glasses.
Telegram. fer Blue-only messaging features for doesn’t appear to be a zoom lens, This year, Oppo is holding Inno Day
This is the first biggest move users with high follower counts. given it’s marked simply as 50mm, across two days, December 14 and 15.

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