As Apple employee number 51, Atkinson transformed abstract computer science into intuitive visual experiences that millions ...

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

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 ...

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

Hopewell Police have identified both the victim and the suspect in the June 4 homicide at Piper Square Apartments off ...

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

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

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

Apple legend Bill Atkinson has passed away at 74 from pancreatic cancer. His development of QuickDraw, MacPaint, and HyperCard influenced everything from Photoshop to the World Wide Web and directly ...