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iRae, one of my iPhone apps, is now featured as one of the essential apps for Spain. Thanks, Apple!

I've been using Quattro Wireless ads in some of my iPhone applications for some months. According to their FAQ:

Q. When does Quattro Wireless remit payment to publishers?
A. Quattro will send payment to publishers within 60 days following
the end of the calender month. Quattro will accrue and hold monthly
payments due to publishers until the aggregate amount due exceeds $100.

However, at the end of September I had more than $100 and almost 3 months later I still haven't received any money from them. I've tried emailing them using their contact form for the last two weeks, but I haven't got any replies so far. Anyone else having issues with them?

UPDATE: (Dec 29th) I've just received all the payments accumulated until November 30th. Kudos, Quattro!

If you are planning to add some jokes to your application descriptions in the App Store, be warned that Apple has started to be picky about them.

Yesterday I got a phone call from Cupertino regarding Uncyclopedic, telling me I had to remove some dog raping references from the description before it could be approved. The offending lines were:

 - I assure you Uncyclopedic didn't rape my dog
* Noel Coward on Uncyclopedic

Uncyclopedic is no more than an iPhone reader for the Uncyclopedia, which is intended as a joke encyclopedia. Since I've seen animal raping jokes used a lot of times when talking about experimental software, I thought that it could be funny to software developers reading it. But it seems either I was wrong (English is not my first language) or either we have a new reason for app rejections.

Anyway, since this app had been waiting for approval since September, I just changed those lines to read:

 - I assure you Uncyclopedic didn't harm my dog
* Noel Coward on Uncyclopedic

Which looked like good enough for the app review team.