Mayer said she knew Karp had to be a good guy even before she met him.
"Part of our strategy here is to let Tumblr be Tumblr, " Ms. Mayer said.
Capuano and others might try to follow that same blueprint for a statewide victory, Mayer said.
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Mayer said Google doesn't release the data for competitive reasons and for issues related to online advertising.
Ms Mayer said Yahoo would now work with Tumblr to create ads that "are seamless and enhance the user experience".
"With clothes or art or design, you can always tell if the person who made it is nice, " Mayer said.
By February, however, Freescale Chief Executive Michel Mayer said he would quit.
"You only do an acquisition of this size and scale if you find an exceptional company, which Tumblr is, " Ms. Mayer said Monday.
In November, Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer said the U.S. multinational would start focusing more on mobile strategy particularly on news, sports and apps.
Some Tumblr users will take time to migrate to Yahoo's core websites and might never join the fold of its parent, Ms. Mayer said.
"He will be one the legends of his generation in terms of an entrepreneur who has really changed the way people express themselves, " Mayer said.
While mobile is a "nascent source of revenue for us, " Yahoo sites get more than 200 million monthly unique visitors from mobile-device users, Ms. Mayer said on Monday's call following the earnings release.
There wasn't a serious threat to Markey's House seat, but he wanted to raise his profile in the event of a Senate vacancy created by a Kerry presidential win over George W. Bush, Mayer said.
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There were concessions to corporate lawyers, the folks at Mayer Brown said in a client alert yesterday.
But in February, Mayer also said Yahoo will be better served with just 12 to 15 mobile applications, down from a "scattered" portfolio of as many as 75 different programs in recent years.
Alexandria Carr, a former UK Treasury lawyer now at law firm Mayer Brown, said those 11 countries moving ahead under so-called "enhanced co-operation" are legally bound to respect the rights of member states that do not participate.
"She is of her generation, " said Nonna Mayer, an expert on far-right politics at the Sciences Po University.
"She has the same ideas about immigration as her father, " said Ms Mayer.
"We've actually predicting what query you are likely to do and we're giving you results for that, " said Ms Mayer.
With the exception of 72-year-old Rep. John Olver, each one is considered a possible contender, said Bill Mayer, a Northeastern University political scientist.
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"The fact that she was able to follow commands is absolutely huge for her outlook, " said Dr. Mayer of Columbia-Presbyterian.
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That said, Mayer is clearly proud of the fact that Google has more female engineers than many of the companies in the Valley.
Yahoo's "older" base of visitors also doesn't overlap with those of Tumblr, who are the "youngest users of any site of this scale, " said Ms. Mayer.
And women at Google have said that during employee outings with Mayer talk often turned to topics like the latest must-have Proenza Schouler handbags.
The potential about-face in Yahoo's spending plans falls in line with Ms. Mayer's technology-heavy background, said Ron Josey, an analyst with research firm ThinkEquity, but it still caught some investors by surprise.
Anne Espiritu, a Yahoo spokeswoman, said in a statement that Ms. Mayer is "carrying out a careful review of the company's business" and is looking at "potential strategy changes to Yahoo's current plans" along with fellow Yahoo directors.
But Dr Sue Mayer, director of independent policy research group Genewatch UK, said fruit growers should not be swayed by "bullying biotechnology companies".
Microsoft's Mr. Hintze said that the company removed the code after being contacted by Mr. Mayer, and that Microsoft is still trying to figure out why the code was created.
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