The home-goods giant has signed an agreement to acquire TaskRabbit, Ikea announced on Thursday. TaskRabbit is a "gig economy" ...

Last month, errands marketplace TaskRabbit announced plans to shake up its business model, shifting away from the auction- and negotiation-based platform that it founded five years ago to a more ...

The household-hire platform Taskrabbit is bringing humorto home projects. The "When Life Happens" campaign underscores how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TaskRabbit offers the chance to pick up moving jobs, cleaning jobs and all sorts of temporary piecework, with opportunities ...

'Home help' may seem like a relic of a bygone age, but Sophie Curtis discovers that one company is bringing it into the 21st Century The TaskRabbit app encourages users to book helpers from their ...

Ask me about the most binge-worthy show on Netflix or the best holiday shopping spots, and I’m all in. But when it comes to home repairs or turning a stack of Ikea parts into a fully functional desk, ...

I interviewed Stacy Brown-Philpot, the chief executive officer of TaskRabbit, the online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand to help consumers access immediate ...

Odd jobs are as old as time. There have always been folks hiring people to perform tasks they don't have the time or skills to do themselves. The gig app TaskRabbit makes it easier than ever for ...

TaskRabbit is making instant gratification the linchpin of its marketplace for odd jobs. Its pitch to consumers: It now will take just five minutes to find someone to scrub their bathtub, assemble ...

One of the earliest and most prominent startups of the so-called “sharing economy” or “gig economy” is evaluating the possibility of selling itself. As reported by Recode, freelance work marketplace ...

More families are outsourcing the hassle of moving students into — and out of — their dorms. The big picture: Dorm room move ...