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, ...

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

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

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, the Apple designer behind the Lisa and Macintosh graphical user interfaces, has passed away at 74 due to ...

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

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