Uber appears to be developing a new service called “Chore.” The service would work like TaskRabbit — Uber users can hire “taskers” for various small jobs. Will the Uber app compete with TaskRabbit, or ...

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

TaskRabbit has taken its app and website down while it investigates a cybersecurity incident. Customers of the on-demand gig marketplace will receive an error message ...

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, ...

If you've been looking for a way to earn some extra cash, there are a few reasons why you shouldn't sleep on TaskRabbit as a way to make a profit by using skills you already have. TaskRabbit is a ...

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 ...

Darlena Goetz of Orange County needed help mounting a new television, so she hired a handyman, or tasker, through the app Taskrabbit. When the television was up, she wanted to recenter the credenza ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vanessa Garcia, a 28-year-old actor and Tasker on the services app Taskrabbit in the greater Los Angeles, California, area. Insider has verified ...

The oft-debated recession indicator. Lipstick sales, the "men's underwear index," and … an increase in Taskrabbit applications? There's been an uptick in recent years in the number of people looking ...