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Almost five months after TaskRabbit launched its microtask marketplace in London, representing its first international foray, the company is now finally making its iPhone app available in the UK ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TaskRabbit has reset an unknown number of customer passwords after confirming it detected “suspicious activity” on its network. The IKEA-owned online marketplace for on-demand labor said it reset user ...

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 ...

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