In the past six months, as valuations for many of the biggest on-demand companies have stalled or backslid, it’s become painfully clear that there’s a world of difference between a service that’s ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Acquisition expected to close in October TaskRabbit will ...

Handyman-for-hire marketplace TaskRabbit Inc., acquired by flat-pack furniture retailer IKEA Group in September, is offline. The company told customers that it’s investigating a “cybersecurity ...

You don’t have to strain your brain too much to understand why Ikea bought TaskRabbit, a startup that provides a marketplace for household chores and other simple tasks. There’s an obvious synergy ...

(Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. is launching a mini-pilot program for a TaskRabbit-like service that will let app users hire people to complete various household tasks, part of an effort by the ...

TaskRabbit Inc., a startup that helped define the "gig economy" of the last decade, agreed to be acquired by Swedish home goods giant Ikea Group. TaskRabbit will remain an independent entity within ...

Justin Kan, who you may remember as the eponymous co-founder of Justin.tv, is onto his next start-up. It's an iPhone app called Exec that helps people complete tasks on demand. Creating a marketplace ...