Unable to download apps when updating

When I update my apps, I get a message saying: "unable to download app Kayak and 37 others" most of these apps were on my iPad and iPhone, but somehow got deleted. Now they seem to be in some twilight zone, where they can't be downloaded from.
Is it possible for an apple service employee to delete my: "to download" list...?
I have this problem on my iPad as well as on my iPhone...

Hi,
I've been struggling to find a solution to this for days but just finally stumbled across a fix which worked for me.
If you are using your home wifi as your connection, go into the network settings and change the DNS to 8.8.8.8
I wrote my original settings down first in case this didn't work so I could put them back, but it worked first time.
Give it a go!
Nigel

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