Two weeks ago, my wife and co-practice lead, Jeanne, wrote an article about a topic you don’t see much in the Tech space. It generated a great deal of interest and shares, so we know it resonated with Forbes readers. She listed the several ways we, as a society, have become fatter and less healthy. Jeanne and I will be tag-teaming articles in the Health Consumerization practice at Moor Insights & Strategy and here on Forbes. So I’ll be the first of the two of us to tell you that I don’t think we have a health care problem that can’t be solved. It will be technology, particularly the emerging Human Internet of Things (HIoT), that helps us make meaningful changes. Companies like Apple, Garmin, Fitbit Inc. and Withings are already household names integral to the IoT and HIoT, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to see them arming consumers in the coming revolution in health care delivery.

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New Lego Dimensions Scooby-Doo trailer details game-play for Shaggy and Scooby, along with an original cartoon short.

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In the race for ride-hailing domination, Uber is far in front. But Lyft, its second-place rival, may be catching up.

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In northern Syria, along the Turkish border, has emerged a de facto autonomous region known as Rojava. The enclave is engaged in a brave and for the time being successful fight for self-governance and independence against considerable odds. Many of its best soldiers fight in all-female battalions. Meanwhile, supporters of the region?s socialist-feminist ideology are working to help them with a new Indiegogo campaign. Rojava’s population is roughly the same as San Francisco, and comprised of a Kurdish majority along with Arabs, Chechens, Armenians, and other ethnic groups. After declaring autonomy from Syria in November 2013, Rojava established a political system built on principles of direct democracy and gender equality, and has drawn comparisons to revolutionary Catalonia in the Spanish Civil War.

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Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all seem to be kicking the contract — except your wallet is still on the hook.

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The momentum in business collaboration has shifted from enterprise social networks to relatively simple desktop and mobile messaging apps. By mimicking the way consumers bypass email to communicate quickly and conveniently with their closest contacts, business messaging tools have started to displace email and encourage smoother workflow.

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Cisco Systems and Ericsson are among the big companies losing market share to a fast-growing startup — Acton, Mass.-based Affirmed Networks.

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Bones from the turn of the 17th century found in a trash pit in Portugal may be the remains of Jewish people imprisoned during the Inquisition.

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