Put Technology to Work January 2019

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 In This Issue Page 1 City of Arlington, Texas is Now an Enabled Skill for Amazon Alexa Devices Page 2 Street Tracker: Introducing a Mobile Friendly Website for Residents | City of Arlington Launching New Website this February Page 3 Know Your H2O: New Feature Allows Arlington Customers to Monitor Daily Water Usage | New Improvements to Digital Library Services at the Arlington Public Library Page 4 Dream Team by the Numbers | City of Arlington Releases New Open Data After Community Survey City of Arlington, Texas is Now an Enabled Skill for Amazon Alexa Devices “Ask City of Arlington” is now a skill for all Amazon Alexa enabled devices! Alexa is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audio books, and providing weather, traffic, sports, and news updates. Arlington residents can ask basic questions about polling and voting locations, garbage and recycling pickup days and more as City Staff continues to put technology to work every day to make The American Dream City a better place to live, learn, work and play. All you have to do is enable the “City of Arlington, Texas” skill on your Connect with us on social media: Amazon Alexa mobile app. Check out the phrases below that can be answered by the City’s Alexa skill. “Alexa, ask City of Arlington, who is my City Council member?” “Alexa, ask City of Arlington, when is my garbage day?” The Arlington City Council has identified “Put Technology to Work” as one of five priorities. Technology is an essential aspect of daily life and has quite the impact on our organization, residents, visitors and businesses. Residents can check out the new digital newsletter format online at www.arlington-tx.gov/budget/city-council-priorities. www.arlingtontx.gov | www.myarlingtontx.com