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Kickass torrents is one of the worlds most popular Torrent download sites , the website - which ran under a .SO (Somalian) domain has been banned by the Somalian domain registry ,prompting Kickass admins to shift back to the .TO domain used previously (Kickass.to) . The incident , unlike Piratebay's full takedown was minor in comparison and therefore the Kickass team were able to restore it to its original state , the Somalian domain website still displays a DNS failed message , but you can add the .to domain and continue to its current site . Source - Torrentfreak

Piratebay - a major torrent sharing website was taken down last week by Swedish officials in the hope of reducing the surge of internet piracy which is viewed negatively by media giants and law enforcement agencies alike , the website , which went down to the Davy Jones Locker after police took down the entire website including taking its servers and other hardware has pretty much failed  Users who used the website numbered to 99 million before the takedown and after the incident , the visitor levels dropped to 95.3 million , but after two days , the visitor levels climbed to 100.2million putting the smile out of those who took part in the curbing . Excipio - a German anti - piracy company announced the new findings and it probes that the takedown of the website proved to be futile as the site is already mirrored with a Croatian (.cr) domain and another  has also been set up by the team at ISOHUNT , which is also a somewhat popular torrent sharing website . The takedown also...

Apple pretty much has a good lockdown on what you can actually do on your iOS device , but sometimes apps offer some flexibility that goes against Apple's wishes , and Blue Downloader is such a app . At  $3 the torrent downloading app is probably a iOS first as Torrents usually don't go well with Apple's strict policy of free pirate media . The app however has some limitations and that includes the blocking of two (if not the top) torrent websites - TPB (the Pirate Bay) and Kickass.to .The app however allows you to download torrents through google search so you can still get it that way , but as with all apps that violate Apple's policies , this app might get the boot in the coming future so if you are interested , you better download the app quick link - iTunes Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena