Bill Atkinson, an engineer who played a key role in the development of the Macintosh and other landmark Apple products, has ...

Atkinson's legacy includes creating and designing foundational Apple apps like MacPaint, QuickDraw and HyperCard.

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present ...

The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William ...

My first meeting with Bill Atkinson was unforgettable. It was November 1983, and reporting for Rolling Stone, I had gained ...

Atkinson helped develop the graphical interface for both the Lisa and the original Macintosh. He created QuickDraw, the ...

Atkinson was recruited to Apple by the late Jef Raskin (he started the team that created the Macintosh computer) through the ...

Atkinson’s family announced that he passed away last Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. Employee number 51 at Apple, Atkinson worked on the Macintosh, MacPaint, and HyperCard. Wired and Daring ...

Tim Cook has shared a public tribute following the passing of Bill Atkinson, one of the most legendary figures in Apple’s history.

Bill Atkinson, renowned software pioneer and Apple Computer designer, passed away at 74 due to pancreatic cancer at his ...

I woke this morning to the sad news that GUI pioneer Bill Atkinson has passed away at age 74 from cancer. He is most ...

Atkinson's contributions to Apple were significant, including designing and implementing Macintosh QuickDraw, a fundamental ...