Group Call - The most awaited app of the world

 

Time is one of the most precious treasures of life that is severely limited every day. No matter how rich you are or how wise you are, you cannot extend 24 hours by even a speck of a second. Efficiency is the only factor that can enhance your productivity in the limited amount of time that you are blessed with in a day. Communication over phone being a part of our daily process, apart from talking on phone the overhead cost of time is the tapping of numbers on the keypad or searching the name to call and sliding the finger across. This process consumes focus as well as time. What if both these could be saved for you on certain big occasions and amidst tight time and busy schedules? Here comes the solution in the name of Group call for the entire world.

"Group call app acts as a hands-free when you need to make consequent calls to a group of people. All you need to do is create a new list, add the people from your contact list and click one button. The app starts calling one contact after the other without your intervention. 'Pause', 'Resume' and 'Stop' are some of the options you can use. You can shuffle the list, call from a contact in between and add new contacts in between.

Birthday parties, Event Invites, Marriage invitations, Daily calls to your teams, Follow up calls to clients, Client relation calls, Monthly call to all your friends, or Just anything about a group - Make a list and never bother yourself again when it comes to calling them in a sequence. One button and you just need to go on TALKING!

Keep the MAIN THING the MAIN THING - YOU TALK! We will dial for you..."

Install the app, add your list to be called, play the app and continue your work. While your earphones or Bluetooth headset is connected to your smartphone, you are completely hands-free. While your vocal cords are busy talking to your friends and family, you are totally free to concentrate on your driving or do other household work or work on your laptops. You are completely relieved of the thinking process of whom to call next and you tend to get more relaxed in your conversations. You don't have to pick up the phone after every call to search for the next name and dial. You buy peace of mind along with this free app. Isn't that a fair deal!

This is what some of our users had to say about the Group Call app:

Chetan Yallapurkar- Founder of Honeymoon Havens and Mark Your Trails

Truly a must for daily call with team!!! I must say, it's a very thought through app so simple and easy to use. I loved the UI and the features provided. Cheers!


 

Arun chikkamarappa- A passionate trekker who has completed 200 treks at the age of 27

Amazing app Love the colour and the size of the app, very simple and user friendly. Helps making multiple calls very quick and faster, saves a lot of time and energy. No need to remember huge list of contact numbers now, Just make a list, add contacts and start calling:) Happy calling:)
 
Sujit Lalwani - Founder of Inspiration Unlimited and NGO 36meals.com

Simply SUPERB!! I always found it tough and painful to keep going to contacts, finding people and calling up every single day when I had to make calls to same set of people every day. Now I have various lists and I save a lot of time, mental energy and it FEELS GREAT TO USE THIS APP...

Kavyashree - Founder of the e4u project

Work becomes easier! I have a set of calls that needs to be made every day. I had to search for every name in my contact and sometimes I would forget a couple of them. Now this app has taken the responsibility to remember them! Thanks a lot for the app!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.group.call&hl=en is the link to download your Group Call right now! Watch out for more exciting features that shall be added soon. Not to forget to mention that this free app is completely ads-free just like how we love you to enjoy your life hands-free. We hope that this app will definitely make you happy by relieving your work to some extent and make you feel livelier. If you're happy we are sure that you will make more people in your surroundings happy and the perpetual effect shall continue leading to a happier world. Hence Group Call is known as the most awaited app for a happier world.

PS: First published on iU eMagazine

Does it really matter?

I finished a chips packet the other day, walking on the road and searched for a dustbin to throw the empty packet. My friend suggested – “Just throw it in the corner. Anyway so much waste is dumped there”. So much waste being dumped there already was exactly the reason for me NOT to throw the packet too!

My little cousin served extra food the other day at a function and wasted the whole thing. What was worse? His aunt telling his mother – “He’s still a kid. It’s okay!” Really? Isn’t that exactly the reason why they should teach him not to waste food?

I was sharing with my uncle few days ago that a few volunteers of IUY2C went to a government school and taught about a 500 students, basics of hygiene and my uncle says “You can do that in one or two schools. How will that make a difference? There are thousands of government schools in the country” Thousands of government schools being there is exactly the reason we have started approaching scores of them!

I left a job that paid me almost half a lakh per month and my relatives said, “So many people are unemployed! You were fortunate to get such a job and you left it?” So many people being unemployed is exactly the reason I left the job and now giving all it takes to become an entrepreneur, dreaming of providing employment to hundreds of them.

It’s interesting to know how people think that the ‘little’ negative contribution of theirs (AND the ‘little’ positive contribution of others) doesn’t really make a difference. It’s like asking a drop of water how important it is, like asking a grain of rice if it can fulfill your hunger, like challenging a speck of dust to create pollution, like wondering how one electron can generate electricity. Each drop of water, each grain of rice, every dust particle and every electron matters! So does every small action of any person on earth – negative or positive!

I know you got the point. So, next time don’t step back when you have the smallest of chances to do a good deed. It might be as small as turning of lights in your house/office when you aren’t using, pushing someone not to waste food, carrying empty food packets or chocolate wrappers in your bag till your find a dustbin to drop them, sharing positive news with friends over tea rather than talking about who got murdered or robbed and so on.

At the same time, please be watchful of not discouraging someone who’s already doing his/her bit. Even small phrases like – “Showing of eh?!”, “Big deal dude!”, “What’s wrong with you?”, “Chalta hai yaar” can discourage. It doesn’t hurt to say “Good job”, “I really appreciate what you did”, “You just inspired me” or at least pat on the back!

I just tried doing my bit today, by writing this piece of article not knowing how many people this would impact. But I sure know IT MATTERS! Now if you’re thinking whether your comment on this or sharing this link would really make a difference, you don’t need to think again :) IT MATTERS!

Estimate your hunger. If you can’t, read on…

I went to a restaurant with my friend one day. As soon as we saw the menu card, we felt like hogging all of the dishes there! Without giving it a second thought, we ordered 4 dishes we felt like drooling over. The moment the first dish went in, I was no more “extremely hungry”. The second one almost filled my tummy. I loved the third one, so finished my share in the same momentum. Then! I looked at the fourth one and felt, “What was I thinking when I ordered this? But never mind, my friend is here to finish it”. But oh, my friend was equally full! We kept pushing the dish towards each other forcing the other one to complete!  Somehow we managed to complete half of it and that’s it! It felt like my stomach is gonna burst if I take in one more spoon. The rest of it went a waste.

Happens with you? This was me, about 2 years ago. Until one day, when I heard that a staggering ‘one billion people’ in this world sleep hungry every single night! There must have been days you’ve not had food and tried sleeping. Could you sleep? Not easy, right? Imagine the plight of those unfortunate kids who might have never tasted a candy! They never know how “Oh, I’m full” feels like.

When you order an extra dish at a restaurant that you can’t finish, it’s not the 100 odd bucks that you are wasting, it’s the resource! It’s the resource someone somewhere in the world is dying for. You can afford to waste 100 bucks, but not the food that’s keeping you alive. Most of us empty our plates at home, almost all the time. Why doesn’t this happen at restaurants? We fail to estimate our hunger may be, or we are too lazy to wait for the dishes to be prepared & served, so we order all at once. Or sometimes, it just doesn’t occur to us that we are ordering more food than we need.

Let’s try and keep this in mind next time we go to a restaurant - “Take all you want, eat all you take!” To mark a beginning to this, support this brilliant initiative – “Empty Plate Campaign” by 36meals, happening this weekend - March 23^rd and 24^th. You don’t have to move out of your house, it doesn’t take hours. All it takes is a photo of your empty plate after your meal and uploading that on 36meals Facebook Page or Twitter. Here’s the FB Event Page to join.

Of course that’s not the last day we follow it, but that’s the beginning for many people. Those of you who never waste a morsel of your meal, take lead and inspire the people around you. “All empty plates look good. It’s the plate with food left over that looks ugly”. So go ahead and post your photos!

Thank you.

This is where I belong

Change is something every living being resists, but when it’s a desired change, there’s nothing more you could ask for. We all need a break from our daily routine once in a while, a change in our way of life once in a while, a change in the environment once in a while, new clothes to wear once a while, fresh air once in a while, new friends once in a while….very importantly “once in a while”.

Away from my home and office, I travelled a few miles assuming that it would be another formality I’d be completing. As the day went by, I realized everything was so peaceful around me. Bright light inside the building & lot of space comforted me like never before. Clear thoughts on mind and positive vibes all around. I was already feeling sad that I would have to leave soon. For a moment I thought, I should extend my stay and relax for a few more days. The very thought brought deep joy & a broad smile on my face.

But wait, this is not where I belong. The night’s silence sure gives peace for a few days but it wouldn’t be long before I’d start finding the place lonely. The garden outside looks great, but very soon I’d find the rats & insects troubling. The fresh air is bliss, but somehow dust is what I’m used to! I belong to the city life; buildings are what I’d like to see, more than trees. I love talking to machines & gadgets more than real people. A walk on the road alone is peaceful but I need to see the vehicles too. This is how I am. This is how I prefer living. This is where I belong. Change is welcome for sure but I cannot be taken away from where I belong.

It's 'Now' or 'Now'

A couple of months ago, just when everything seemed to be going great, I gave a visit to my grandpa's place. My grandpa, who was all healthy for his age, was on bed when I saw him; he had stopped responding all of a sudden. He was trying really hard to breathe. We put all our efforts to make him respond for half an hour. His condition only got worse. For the first time in my life, I saw someone close to me being taken in an ambulance not knowing that he wouldn't return back alive.

Few months ago, I heard from a friend that her mom is in critical condition in the hospital. She had cancer, which was diagnosed only in the last stage. No medication would work. She passed away within a week.

A couple of weeks ago, my aunt slipped and fell down; she ended up having multiple fractures. It will take her months to start walking normally again, for something that happened in a split second!

Could she have done anything about it? Could my grandpa do anything about his life? Could my friend save her mother's life in any way? Can any of us avoid something like this happening to our near ones or us?? The answer is an obvious 'no'. That made me think for a moment - We get all stressed and all worked up trying to control our lives 3 - 4 yrs from now! Is the very next moment in our control? 

Someone who's in 12th is worried about getting a job 4 yrs later. Someone who has a 5yr old kid is worried how she'll fare in her 10th grade. Someone who's getting married is worried if she'll be happy in her new house (No, that's not me) Someone having a daughter is worried every moment if she's coming back home safe. Someone at job is worried about promotion two yrs later and this and that and the list goes on. Planning, anticipating and working towards it are justified; just "worrying", getting tensed and stressed out aren't!

While you are spending those few moments in worries, you're losing your precious present which was "future" few moments ago. I don't even know if this article is gonna reach my blog, so is there a point in me worrying how people are gonna take it? Instead, I can give my complete focus to what I'm writing and how I'm writing this very moment and be sure that I've given my best, enjoying the whole process of penning down my thoughts!

All I wanna say is, the next time your mind tends to worry, ask yourself if that's gonna help your present or future in any possible way, unless your favorite pastime is to worry and get worked up! Since the answer is 'no', give a smile and say "I'm gonna live this moment and not the next moment which I'm not even sure if it's gonna be mine!"

Relax and have a happy weekend :)

The Beginning

I recall some of the times during my 4 years of college life when a lot of people told me – “This is the phase of life you can enjoy the most! Once you get into corporate life, you’ll not have the time to meet your friends and have fun. Each of your friends will take his/her own career path” and so on. These statements never sounded true to me in those years, and touch wood, not even to this date!

The challenge is to meet up old friends regularly and find a common topic to talk about. So we end up talking about movies, T20, politics or recall old college memories. But how often do you get to meet? Initially, once in a month, then once in 2 months, then once in 6 months and then probably years later! “What else could one possibly do?” you may ask.

While I decided to be a part of this wonderful start-up IU with the best of my friends and work together for a lifetime, not everyone gets a chance. How about working for a cause with your friends part-time? Recall the projects you did with your friends during college. Or if you are still an under-graduate student, wouldn’t you want these friends of yours to stay connected for a lifetime? There is a door open to this possibility! That is Social Entrepreneurship!

You could be a student, you could be an employee, you could be a home maker, you could be a businessman or you could be a retired individual but Social Entrepreneurship still has a place in your Life along with everything else you already do. It can bring back the enthusiasm in your life combined with the satisfaction of serving the society.

Make a new beginning in your life with ATTH – the first ever of its kind – Social Entrepreneurship Forum Live in Bangalore on November 4^th. Innovation, Inspiration, Live examples, Right Contacts, Right Platform, Right Time and more and more is Atth! Yes, I’m a part of it and enjoying every bit. Grab this opportunity, as you never know when the next one could be!

Log on to www.atth.org for complete details.

Seeds of Retrospection

Flashback! Rewind and fast forward every two weeks of your life fortnightly, take the juice from there and you’re sure to have the best fruit punch in no time to share with the world. So what’s the juice I have taken from my last 2 weeks?

Feed the side of your brain that’s starving!

A year ago I would go around telling everyone “I’m not creative! Give me an idea and I can work as hard as it takes to implement. But I cannot generate ideas!” I laugh at this statement of mine today (Proof that I could create something out of the world: www.iuquotes.com design). They say creative people use the right side of their brain. I tried to tap that hemisphere of mine for a long time, but all my attempts went futile. What can I tap out of the side of my brain which I’m not feeding at all? What you SOW is what you reap.

S – See

O – Observe

W – Watch

You might say they’re all the same. I’ll elaborate here.

See every element around you like you’ve never seen it before. See more of it, and see it more often than you think is necessary.

Observe what makes it so beautiful, so eye-catching or so enticing. If it doesn’t appeal to your eye, observe why it didn’t. Think what could have been better.

Watch out for what you can create from there. Nothing gets created out of nowhere. There’s an inspiration every creative person draws from a lot of things around him.

So go ahead and start sowing. In some time you’ll have enough and more ideas than you can ever implement.

Feedback on this small write up of mine is most welcome!

Shruti Balasa

Chief Web Designer, IU Web Solutions.

(eMail me @iu.shrutibalasa@gmail.com to get your website LIVE!)