Has Apple finally begun to lift its ban on BitTorrent apps? Since Apple first founded the App store, the tech giant has had a standing ban on any apps related to the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol.

Fans of the torrent-juggling desktop client can now get their downloads direct to their mobile device, because uTorrent's launched a beta app for any Android device running version 2.1 or higher. It's ...

In what appears to be a reversal of policy, Apple has allowed the first BitTorrent app into the App Store. Known as IS Drive, it is live in the App store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Apple had ...

BitTorrent today announced an impressive milestone: 100 million mobile downloads and counting for its Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps. The last milestone shared was 40 million, a figure crossed ...

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With Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps hitting the Xbox One just around the corner, an interesting app has been updated which would allow it to run on the console. VLC, a popular media ...

BitTorrent’s name may still be associated with piracy, but BitTorrent the company has been working to legitimize the peer-to-peer technology as a tool that can be used to distribute content in legal ...

It’s not exactly a secret that torrent apps don’t have the best reputation. Why? Well, they’re often used to share illegal content, mainly movies, TV shows, and music. Well, there’s a reason why ...

2008 has been dog-eared as the “Year of the Mobile Torrent” so it stands to be expected that the first iPhone torrent has arrived as predicted. For those not yet familiar with mobile torrent ...

Is Apple not a big fan of BitTorrent-related applications on the App Store? That would be a mild understatement, to say the least. "Because this category of applications is often used for the purpose ...