Ikea, a Swedish company famous for its flat-pack furniture and meatballs, has bought TaskRabbit, the Uber for getting people to do random chores for you. The wholly unexpected move pushes Ikea into a ...

Ikea, the Swedish home-goods retailer, said Thursday that it had agreed to acquire TaskRabbit, a company known for, among other things, sending tool-wielding workers to rescue customers befuddled by ...

Ikea is trying its hand at the gig economy. The Swedish home goods giant just bought on-demand freelance work app TaskRabbit for an undisclosed sum, the companies confirmed. Recode first reported the ...

The Internet’s having a ball with the news that IKEA is buying TaskRabbit. The deal will make TaskRabbit, the online marketplace people use to hire “rabbits” to help with anything from moving to odd ...

TaskRabbit employees may want to grab an Allen wrench and brush up on their Swedish, because Ikea just bought their company. TaskRabbit, which connects freelance workers with small temp jobs, is one ...

Everything you need to know to keep your info safe. Yesterday, IKEA's recently acquired app TaskRabbit announced that it was investing a cyber-security incident. Last fall, IKEA bought TaskRabbit, a ...