 It's Thursday, December 13th, 2012. I'm Michael Shane. I'm throwing my hat in the ring to be the next Secretary of State, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge. Google Maps for iPhone is finally available! The native app has been hotly anticipated in the wake of Apple switching to its own controversial Maps client with iOS 6. It's fast, the design is clean and elegant, and it's not entirely unlike the new Gmail app for iOS. Fortunately, there's no offline caching at the moment. There's also no iPad app, but Google promises that'll come later. Stop us if this sounds familiar, but Apple might really, truly, maybe be building a TV. Someday. That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which says Apple is working with Sharp and Foxconn to test various designs. However, the report is careful to note that this isn't a formal project yet. Apple CEO Tim Cook has upgraded Apple TV from a hobby to, quote, an area of intense interest. Again. Finally, Pope Benedict XVI is now using Twitter. His first tweet is a blessing sent earlier this week via iPad, and it's been retweeted about 60,000 times so far. But the Pope didn't stop there, with an assortment of tweets providing both inspirational quotes and a series of conversation starters on how to have faith in the modern age. It's only a matter of time before he joins in on trending topics like hashtag something I get a lot. Spoiler? It's probably... Nice hat. That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow when we take a culinary tour of Middle Earth and find out once and for all if ork meat is kosher.
 It's Thursday, December 13th, 2012. I'm Michael Shane. I'm throwing my hat in the ring to be the next Secretary of State, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge.
 Google Maps for iPhone is finally available!
 The native app has been hotly anticipated in the wake of Apple switching to its own controversial Maps client with iOS 6.
 It's fast, the design is clean and elegant, and it's not entirely unlike the new Gmail app for iOS.
 Fortunately, there's no offline caching at the moment. There's also no iPad app, but Google promises that'll come later.
 Stop us if this sounds familiar, but Apple might really, truly, maybe be building a TV. Someday.
 That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which says Apple is working with Sharp and Foxconn to test various designs.
 However, the report is careful to note that this isn't a formal project yet.
 Apple CEO Tim Cook has upgraded Apple TV from a hobby to, quote, an area of intense interest.
 Again.
 Finally, Pope Benedict XVI is now using Twitter.
 His first tweet is a blessing sent earlier this week via iPad, and it's been retweeted about 60,000 times so far.
 But the Pope didn't stop there, with an assortment of tweets providing both inspirational quotes and a series of conversation starters on how to have faith in the modern age.
 It's only a matter of time before he joins in on trending topics like hashtag something I get a lot.
 Spoiler? It's probably... Nice hat.
 That's it for today's top stories. Tune in tomorrow when we take a culinary tour of Middle Earth and find out once and for all if ork meat is kosher.