>It was far from clear that a six-months-pregnant, 37-year-old Google engineer and first-time CEO could remove the air of irony that had attached itself to Yaho

>It was far from clear that a six-months-pregnant, 37-year-old Google engineer and first-time CEO could remove the air of irony that had attached itself to Yahoo’s purple exclamation point. I had to stop reading here. If anything, in my little segment of the world, the Yahoo! purchase of Tumblr made them more of a joke. By looking over the acquisition history for Y!, it's quite clear that they're quite skilled at buying hard to monetize, existing services, and reporting a loss.