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 ...

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 ...