As part of Apple’s ongoing mission to be a "force for good” in the world, the company is encouraging iPhone users to register as organ donors, courtesy of an upcoming software update for its Health app.
The update will give users an easy sign-up button, which Tim Cook says he hopes will help ease the longstanding shortage of donor shortage. Cook says that the problem became apparent to him when Steve Jobs had to endure an “excruciating” wait for a liver transplant back in 2009. During that time, Cook even offered to donate his own liver to his boss, only for Jobs to turn it down.
The software update to allow Apple users to easily enroll in a national donor registry will arrive with iOS 10 when it arrives this fall.
Read Luke Dormehl's article at http://www.cultofmac.com/436589/apple-makes-it-insanely-simple-for-iphone-owners-to-become-organ-donors/.
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