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

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

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

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 ...

Bill Atkinson, visionary behind Apple's Lisa and Macintosh, dies at 74. His innovations, including QuickDraw and MacPaint, ...

The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' team member Bill Atkinson, who died at the age of 74, was honoured by tech mogul Tim ...

Tech giant Apple CEO Tim Cook on Sunday paid tributes to Bill Atkinson -- the creator of Macintosh QuickDraw and HyperCard in ...

Atkinson is credited with inventing many of the key aspects of graphical computing, such as "pull-down" menus and the "double ...

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

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