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

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

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

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 ...

Atkinson married three times and is survived by his wife Jingwen Cai, two daughters, a stepson, a stepdaughter, two brothers, ...

Legendary software pioneer Bill Atkinson died at the age of 74 on Thursday at his home in Portola Valley, Calif., in the San ...

Apple's WWDC 2025 is set to begin tonight, highlighted by Tim Cook's keynote. The event will showcase the latest software ...

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

A renowned Apple engineer who was instrumental in developing modern-day computing has died. Bill Atkinson, who was part of ...

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

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