The President of HTC America, Jason Mackenzie, took to Twitter again to announce that the company is still on track and is now working with T-Mobile in order to bring the much-anticipated Android 4.3 update to all carrier-branded One handsets. The upgrade is expected to be pushed out over-the-air (OTA) by the “middle” of this week.

Everybody is outraged — OUTRAGED! — that Google will soon start using their names and faces in advertising.

The pundits are screaming bloody murder over the move, suggesting that Google is now as bad as Facebook. The more constructive critics are scrambling to give instructions for opting out.

But all this gnashing of teeth and ripping of hair over Google’s new social ad policy is misguided, in my opinion. I’ll tell you why Google’s new “shared endorsements” is probably a good thing, but also how it could turn out to suck.

But first, let me tell you what this is really all about and why “shared endorsements” is probably a good thing.

AT&T has once again broadened its horizons by upgrading and expanding its LTE connectivity services to an additional 28 locations across the U.S. The announcement was made in a sequential series of press releases on the carrier’s website. The newly announced locations mean that the operator now provides 4G coverage to over 240 million people in 437 sites, which, according to AT&T, puts it “ahead of schedule.”

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini hasn’t quite made its way to the United States yet, but it looks like we won’t be waiting too much longer. The device has leaked en route to AT&T and Sprint in black mist, white frost, and pink.

The Google TV has pretty much been dead-on-arrival ever since it first launched in 2010. Google’s not about to abandon their TV ambitions, but they’re finally giving up on Google TV. Next up? Android TV.