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Consumer

The Spookiest Day of the Year Saved Its Biggest Scare for the Chocolate Biz

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The cost of manufacturing chocolate and confectionery from cocoa has risen a terrifying 45% this year, according to the producer price index.

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Patent Drop

Disney Introduces Smart Toys (plus more from Microsoft & PayPal)

feat. Disney’s Fitbit for kids, Chat bots that mirror their users & AR Commerce3 new patent summaries this week from Disney, Microsoft and PayPal

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Patent Drop

Facebook Enhances Your Live Stream (plus more from Twitter & Microsoft)

Three new patents from Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft, including live-streaming with video reactions, multiple message quotes & more.

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Patent Drop

Apple Lets You Hear in 3D (plus more from Intel & Amazon)

3 patents from Apple, Intel and Amazon, feat. Spatial Audio Navigation, VR Keyboards & Biometric Doorbells.

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