An overview of “looksmaxxing” apps that rate teen boys' faces and are criticized for worsening the youth mental health crisis; paid app UMAX has 7M+ downloads
I thought “lookmaxxing” was just a meme joke thing. [embedded post] X: Verne Kopytoff / @vkopytoff : One person claimed to have obtained a chiseled jaw by hitting his face with a hammer (a practice k...
A look at the restaurant reservation ecosystem in New York City, where new apps have sprung up to help diners book a table at buzzy restaurants for a price
How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social . X: @theattack5 , @blackbird_xyz , @matthewichoi , @guyfieris...
Uber plans to test Uber Tasks, a TaskRabbit-like service that lets users hire people to complete household tasks, in Fort Myers and Edmonton in the coming weeks
7 jobs the app can do X: Ana Milicevic / @aexm : Today in: every app is becoming every other app @jason : Predict Uber Tasks will be as big as transportation and food delivery. Nathan Resnick / @nater...
Code in Uber's iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks
Bloomberg :
Code in Uber's iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks
- Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service …
An investigation into Papa, a TaskRabbit-like service for seniors that has raised $240M, finds dozens of allegations of harassment, assault, theft, and more
If you've been to an annual open enrollment fair in the past few years, you may have noticed a new eldercare benefit with the unusual name of Papa. Tweets: @priyasideas , @vandermey , @bradstone , @bi...
Sources: Facebook is building a tool within Marketplace that lets users find and book services like home repairs, competing with Fiverr, TaskRabbit, and others
Alex Heath / The Information :
Tech did not create the gig economy, which has been growing since the 1970s; services like Uber and TaskRabbit just took advantage of and intensified the trend
The insecure nature of work is a result of decisions by corporations and policymakers. — Mr. Hyman is an economic historian. Tweets: @nytopinion , @stevecase , @colmkear , @ankehassel , and @nytopin...
TaskRabbit's app and website are back online after security breach, CEO says certain personally identifiable information may have been compromised
TaskRabbit, the handyman-for-hire app, is back online after being intentionally taken down on Monday following an apparent data breach.
TaskRabbit informs users that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and that it has temporarily taken down its app and website
The handyman-for-hire app sent an email to users today recommending they change their passwords if they used the same ones for different websites.