Las Vegas, NV - January 6, 2013 - Griffin Technology, one of the world's foremost creators of innovations for everyday life, is showcasing its new power lineup at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.

ENGADGET: Griffin launches PowerDock 5 multi-device charging platform and ChargeSensor adapters

The task of assessing American design's place in the world, and in everyday life, went more or less by default to the Cooper-Hewitt museum, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, located in what had been Andrew Carnegie's mansion on Fifth Avenue.

ECONOMIST: American blobjectivity

William thought there must be a long compound German word for the way that large events in the world could affect your personal life: the scale was reduced to the point of insignificance, but the everyday effect was amplified.

NEWYORKER: The Proxy Marriage