Laura Surmer wants to run a few bags of old clothes to the Goodwill. She also wants to cash in a bag of coins at a nearby supermarket, but she doesn't want to do it herself. Joshua Leavitt of San ...

Julie Seymour was running out the door one morning when she realized that she was almost out of food for her two hungry 18-pound cats. Seymour, who commutes from San Francisco to San Jose and often ...

(ABC News) -Justin Prim isn't just a bike messenger. He's part of a new wave of self-employed go-getters, some making six figures, who are capitalizing on something called 'the sharing economy.' 'For ...

Silicon Valley startup TaskRabbit has launched in the UK, meaning you can now hire someone to do all the chores and errands you have been putting off for ages, or simply don't want to do. The company ...

Ever had trouble setting up that new Ikea furniture, or needed eggs for a Sunday morning omelet but didn’t want to run to the store in your jammies? Ever had trouble setting up that new Ikea furniture ...

Leah Busque had a problem. The software engineer already had dinner reservations and was out of dog food to feed her yellow lab. How to make the reservations and still feed Kobe? She thought that ...

Chad Miller likes to think of running errands for strangers on TaskRabbit as a quasi-religious experience—or at least as close Chad Miller likes to think of running errands for strangers on TaskRabbit ...

IKEA agreed to acquire Silicon Valley startup TaskRabbit—the online marketplace that connects people with freelancers willing to run errands and do odd jobs—combining the pioneer of the flat pack with ...

Laura Surmer wants to run a few bags of old clothes to the Goodwill. She also wants to cash in a bag of coins at a nearby supermarket, but she doesn't want to do it herself. Joshua Leavitt of San ...

IKEA agreed to acquire Silicon Valley startup TaskRabbit, the online marketplace that connects people with freelancers willing to run errands and do odd jobs. Terms of Thursday’s deal, expected to ...