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With the heavily funded and U.S.-based TaskRabbit having a few teething problems, the jury is still out on how much growth there is in a reverse-marketplace for ‘tasks’. But that isn’t stopping a few ...

IKEA acquired TaskRabbit last month for an undisclosed price. TaskRabbit's platform lets you hire people to do odd jobs, from cleaning to assembling furniture. "We need to offer services" to "become ...

If you hate cleaning and DIY, and haven’t heard of TaskRabbit, then prepare to be enlightened. The US-based start-up is a crowdsourced platform for finding people with special skills to help you ...

TaskRabbit today announced a massive expansion to its UK operations and is now available in six new markets: Brighton, Cardiff, Coventry, Reading, Oxford, and Liverpool and Warrington. The company ...

In yet another surprising union of traditional retail and the tech world, IKEA has reportedly snapped up the on-demand service TaskRabbit, Recode reports. The deal makes a lot of sense. TaskRabbit has ...

While us Brits wait for San Francisco, U.S.-based TaskRabbit to launch this side of the pond, at least two local competitors have emerged. With TaskRabbit thought to be eyeing up a UK launch, both ...

'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 ...

Ikea just made it a lot easier for customers who don't have any furniture-assembling talent.

The task-busting app lets you hire people to help out around the home or office, but users may have had their personal details exposed TASKRABBIT has been taken offline as its creators investigate a ...

LONDON — IKEA's acquisition of gig economy company TaskRabbit is part of the 74-year old furniture company's efforts to modernise the company, according to IKEA's UK CEO. IKEA surprised the market ...

Luke has been touching up tech, and writing, for over a decade across FHM, Stuff, T3 and Shortlist to name a few. With an MA and NCTJs in journalism and an unquenchable love of gadgets, no tech ...