Web User - UK (2019-10-02)

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Tell us yourfavourite new thingsattwitter.com/webusermagazine 2 - 15 October 2019^7

alexaanswers.amazon.com
Alexa doesn’ t know everythingbut, with
human intervention, it may become more
knowledg eable. Log into the site with your
Alexa details and you can answer questions
posed by other users. Each answer will then
be relayed to the inquirer, gainin g you
points. Moderation and a system of up- and
down-voting will help to weed out trolls.

Agree onwhat to watch

bit.ly/telly

The BBC’s Tellybox 5-2-1 helps you

agree on a show to watch. One

personpick s five programmes from

a small selection, then a second

person narrows the choi ce to two.

The first personthen clicks one to

start watchingit on BBC iPlayer.

Share Spotify songs on

Snapchat

http://www.spotify.com/uk/

Last issu e, we revealed how Spotify

lets you share music and podcasts

on Facebook Stories. You can now

do the samevia Snapchat – tap the

Shar e menu, select Snapchat, edit

the new Snap and send it.

Get groceries on demand

bit.ly/grocery

You can now sidestep the £3.

monthly subscription for Amazon

Fresh by paying £2.99 for a one-off

delivery. You needto spend £

and live within one of 302 London

and South East postcodes, though.

departureboard.io

Departure Board is su re to become

a handy companion for freq uent rail

travellers, particularly if you have to

changetrains during

your journey. Simply

enter your pl ace of

departure and your

destination, and it wi ll

display the platform

where the relevant

train is standing. At

the sametime, it tells

you when the train is

due to leave, so you

can decide whether

to run, walk or pick

up a coffee on the

way. The tool draws

its information from

Network Rail ,

which makes it super-accura te. The

developer also advises adding the

site’s widget to your iOS or Android

device for even quicker results.

bit.ly/japan 485

This tasty treat from Google Arts &

Culture explores the people, places

and traditions of Japanese cuis ine.

With more than 3,000imagesand

video spread across 100 online

exhibitions, there’s plenty to whet your

appetite. As well as al lowing you to

embark on a tour of Tokyo’s Golden

Gai district, which is packed with 300

small bars , you can tuck in to the past

with a bite-size histor y presented in

the form of a bento box. You can also

examine iconic dish es such as sushi

and ramen, and learn key phrases that

are sure to impress any Japanese host.

really-rude.glitch .me
From Middlefart to Six Mile Bott om, the
world is awash with place names that
sound risqué to English speakers. This
mapplots dozens of th em and although
it doesn’ t give the histor y behind each
one (concentrating instea d on
explainingjust thre e), it’s nonetheless
likely to elicit a ti tter or two.

Help Alexa answer questions

Quickly find a

train platform

Enjoy a flavour

of Japanese food

Scour a map of

rude place names

We pick the 10 best things you must do on the web this fortnight

NEW VOICE

COMMANDS

Wind downwith

Headspace

Counter the stresswith

Headspace’s daily meditations and

sleep exercises. Start by saying,

“OK Google,talk to Headspace”.

Addmultiple reminders

With iOS 13, Siri can add

multipl e items to a list in your

reminders. Say “Hey Siri, addWeb

Userand milk to my shopping list”,

for instance, and it will pop each

item on a separate line.

Ask Alexa to speak at

a different speed

Alexa can speak at differen t rates

• two slower and four faster than its
  default. Say “Alexa, speak slower/
  faster”. To reset, say “Alexa, speak
  at your de fault rate”.