Home-cleaning service Handy bills its cleaners as “trusted” and “background checked.” Yet the would-be Uber of household chores didn’t prevent a string of alleged thefts in cities including New York ...

When you swipe your smartphone and summon someone to clean your house, give you a ride, cook a meal or fix your plumbing, is that person an employee of the Internet company that helped connect you? A ...

When shoppers check out at Walmart.com with a bed or desk or shelf in their cart, there’s now an option to add assembly with a professional from Handy.com. Simplifying the furniture building process ...

TechCrunch.com just covered a company that acquired the domain name Handy.com which quotes the buyer saying “it wasn’t cheap.” The domain name was owned by Neue Medien GmbH of Germany. which may have ...

What’s in a name? As it turns out, a lot. That’s the thinking behind Handybook’s decision to rebrand itself simply as “Handy.” The two-year old company, which provides on-demand home services via a ...