While hiding in a fortified two-level 3,000-square-foot underground bunker, one of history's most brutal tyrants promised the world that his empire would last 1,000 years.

Hitler's Third Reich lasted 12, officially ending on April 30, 1945, when the Führer committed suicide in his bunker with his new wife after learning that Allied forces had surrounded Berlin.

Before retreating to the Führerbunker, Hitler and top Nazi officials enjoyed lavish compounds in Berchtesgaden, a resort village in the Bavarian Alps.

These are the best surviving photographs of Allied troops reveling in the spoils of war at Hitler's private residence.

SEE ALSO: Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II

Easy Company after taking the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's former residence.

A paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division enjoys the view and a cognac while lounging on the terrace of Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden after the end of the war in 1945.

Maj. Dick Winters, Lewis Nixon, Harry Welsh, and two other battalion staff members, celebrate VE-Day in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

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This Sunday Chris Rock will host the 88th Academy Awards as we celebrate the year in movies. Chances are, you haven't had the chance to see everything that's been nominated, but if you have a few spare hours over the weekend, below we've collected every movie nominated in the "Big Four" categories and where you can legally watch them online. Find something you like and give yourself a rooting interest on Sunday night.

* If you're looking to watch The Revenant or Carol in time for the Oscars this Sunday, you'll still have to head to the theaters to see either. 

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Spotlight

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Boston Globe reporters uncovering the child-abuse scandal hidden by the Catholic Church, in coercion with local police officials and lawyers, while investigating the local Archdiocese. 

Nominations: Best Picture, Director, Film Editing, Writing (original screenplay), Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo), and Actress in a Supporting Role (Rachel McAdams).

Rent or buy it here.

The Big Short

Synopsis: Four Wall Street outsiders see what others don't in the time leading leading up to the housing crisis and financial collapse of 2008. Betting on the failure of big banks, the four make a fortune shorting stocks while exposing the corruption of financial powerhouses.

Nominations: Best Picture, Director, Film Editing, Writing (adapted screenplay), Actor in a Supporting Role (Christian Bale).

Buy it here.

Room

Synopsis: A young woman who has been held captive in a small shed for seven years attempts to make life as normal as possible for her five-year-old son. Once they've escaped their captor, their new lives of freedom presents problems of its own.

Nominations: Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Brie Larson), Directing, Writing (adapted screenplay).

Rent or buy it here.

Dogs are one of the most diverse species on the planet. We've bred them small enough to fit in purses and large enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a pony.

But despite all this variety, dogs all belong to the same species — Canis familiaris — and have retained a unifying dog-ness. With a few exceptions all dogs bark, wag their tails, and thrive in the company of people and other dogs.

Canis familiaris was the first life form humans domesticated, even before any plants. And in the roughly 30,000 to 100,000 years since the origin of dogs, we've sculpted a remarkably weird creature.

Dogs are a truly weird species.

Yet on the genetic level, they're all remarkably similar.

Barring certain physical limitations, they can all reproduce with each other. The offspring may look funny (see: Corgis) but typically end up healthy and fertile.

Drones are being used by corporate and foreign spies, terrorists, and even separatists groups around the world. Here are 7 technologies that are allowing police to gain an edge against drone use by the bad guys:

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1. Eagles

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In what is one of the most awesome drone hunting videos around, a Dutch company revealed that it has trained eagles to hunt down enemy drones. While the tactic seems to be effective, bird watchers are worried about drafting already small populations of eagles into drone warfare, a tactic that can be dangerous for the birds.

2. Anti-drone drones

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Michigan Technological University is working on “drone falconry,” using drones armed with nets to capture other drones in flight and drag them to a secure, remote site.

3. Falcon Shield

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Like the drone falconry above, Falcon Shield aims to remove drones from populated areas or battlefields. Sensors cover the defended airspace and alert operators to an incoming drone. The operator gets a video feed showing the drone and can decide between firing on the drone, taking control of it, or alerting authorities.

Our lives become filled, even controlled, by the things we think we need to do.

We think we can’t live without these things, but actually, we can.

We can opt out.

Think about how busy our lives have become. Think about how distracted we’ve become.

Think about how many things needlessly pull on our attention, our time, our money, our sanity.

We have let these things overcome us, but in fact, we have a choice. We can become conscious, we can choose to do and consume and need less.

It’s the simplest way to simplify our lives: we simply opt out.

Some examples — note that I don’t think these are all evil. I only think we can reconsider:

SEE ALSO: A minimalist shares 17 tips for decluttering your life

1. Facebook and Instagram.

Of course, these are easy to pick on, but in truth, they take up a large space of our mindshare. Many of us check them multiple times a day, getting a constant stream of distraction. And ads. And tracking of our online activity. Without too many benefits.

Opt out: I’ve been off Facebook for years now, and don’t feel I’m missing anything. I am on Twitter, but rarely check it, and don’t have it on my phone.

2. Advertising.

We put up with advertising, which is intrusive and distracting and makes every experience worse.

Opt out: Stop watching advertising. Block it. Don’t participate in things that are ad-supported. Yes, that means that good publishers will have to find other ways to support themselves.

3. Email.

I do email every day, and have nothing against it. But many of us check it constantly, and feel we have to reply to things ASAP. This disrupts more important work, and means we’re responding all the time instead of consciously choosing what work to do.

Opt out: Eliminate email for most of your workday. Set expectations by telling people when you check email (this is inspired by my friend Jesse, who is experimenting with only processing emails on Friday afternoons).

In 2009, Anna Newell Jones of And Then We Saved was over $23,000 in debt. 

Instead of just cutting back her spending, she decided to stop spending as much as possible on things she didn't truly need, a pattern that she turned into her trademarked Spending Fast. 

The trickiest areas to cut back, she found, tended to be groceries and clothing.

"Realizing that groceries were one of the few precious Needs-Only items I allowed myself to spend money on, I wanted to stretch every penny and shop as smartly as possible," writes Newell Jones in her upcoming book, "The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living."

Below, find 12 tricks Newell Jones shares in her book to save money on groceries:

SEE ALSO: A woman who wiped out almost $24,000 of debt in 15 months shares the 3 things that helped her do it

Pick food that is nonperishable or freezes well to avoid 'empty pantry syndrome'

"Empty pantry syndrome" occurs when you have no staples at hand, so you resort to calling your local takeout joint, writes Newell Jones.

To avoid "empty pantry syndrome," stock up on canned goods, nuts, rice, flour, peanut butter, oats, beans, noodles, and the like. These foods last, and you'll be able to make a number of dishes with them. 

Perfect a few go-to recipes 

Keep them simple and delicious, and make a lot of them. Freeze or package leftovers in single-serve containers for the next day's lunch so you don't come across "empty pantry syndrome" or Newell Jones' other ailment: "I was running late so I couldn't pack my lunch disease." 

If you're looking for affordable, delicious recipes, try Leanne Brown's free book, "Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4 a Day."

Do the 'fake out'

Buy your name-brand coffee, cereal, or whatever the first time — but follow up with the generic version on your next trip. You probably won't be able to tell the difference, writes Newell Jones. 

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There's no one-size-fits-all styling product that works for all hair types. Different hair types will take better to different pomades; thankfully, there are plenty for guys to choose from, whether your hair is straight or curly, wavy or thinning.

"It's worth mentioning that the definition of 'pomade' has evolved over the years,"Birchbox Man editor Nathaniel Nagy told Business Insider. "Originally, a pomade was a pliable, high-hold styler that gave hair a distinctive sheen (think Don Draper), as opposed to the rigid hold of gel or the matte finish of wax. However, these days, brands categorize a wider range of products under the moniker 'pomade', including medium-hold stylers and those with a matte, natural finish. Thus, any thick (medium-to-high hold) and pliable styler can be classified as a pomade."

Some guys can get by with medium holds, whereas other will need high holds to keep their hair in place. Different styles can be achieved depending on which pomade you opt to use, too. Read on and shop Nagy's recommendations for each hair type below. 

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Straight Hair: Slick

"This is the traditionalist: A modern take on your granddaddy's pomade. With a high-hold and classic sheen, it's ideal for slick, neat styles like pompadours and side-parts."

Straight Hair: Casual

"Alternatively, a clay pomade is perfect for more understated styles, like a natural quiff or a high-and-tight. This one pairs a high-hold with a subtle matte finish, so it will give hair volume and shape without changing its natural texture."

Baxter of California Clay Pomade, $20, available at Amazon and Birchbox.

Wavy Hair

"This lighter-hold, matte-finish styler is perfect for keeping wavy hair neat and tidy — no frizz or flyaways — without changing its natural shape. Think James Franco (on a good day)."

Byrd Hairdo Light Pomade, $22, available at Amazon and Birchbox.

After nearly 15 years in banking, I have witnessed firsthand how banks operate and make money. That has influenced how I choose products and interact with financial institutions.

Here is my advice on how you can get the most from your bank.

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1. Beware of direct mail.

To win in direct mail, banks don't need to have the best product in the market. Instead, banks just need to have the best product in your mailbox on that day.

Whenever you receive an offer in the mail, go online and shop around to ensure you have really been offered the best deal.

2. The best offers are for new customers.

Banking is a constant battle for customers. To win, big sign-on bonuses — like 40,000 bonus miles — are offered. If you are looking for the best deals, you will have to switch to a new product. Those lucrative offers are rarely made available to existing customers.

There is a simple reason. Most banks have acquisition teams that are paid based upon the number of accounts booked, and they are ready to spend.

And then there are "existing customer" teams looking to generate as much profit as possible, and they are less generous.

3. Be honest with yourself and focus on long-term value.

Statistically, most people will stay with their new product for a long time because it isn't fun to switch financial products every year. Some people travel the world switching from bonus offer to bonus offer. which is known as travel hacking.

But most of us do not, and the data shows it. Credit-card companies are also getting better at identifying and rejecting these "gamers."

Whenever I do the math on a financial product, I choose a product based upon long-term value rather than short-term bonus offers. Sign-on bonuses are nice, but they are not the main reason I take out a product.

Calling their sport "F1 on water," Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing, the Great Britain-based challenger for the 2017 America's Cup, is developing their boat for next year's cup races, called the R1.

Leading the effort by Land Rover BAR is team principal and skipper Sir Ben Ainslie, who in 2013 helped Oracle Team USA pull off a stunning come-from-behind victory after falling behind New Zealand by seven races. With a single loss ending it all, Oracle won eight in a row, a feat The Wall Street Journal called "one of the greatest comebacks in sports history."

Details of Land Rover BAR's cutting-edge craft are very secretive, but what is known is the immense size of the boat.

For example, its main, rigid sail will be the size of a Boeing 737's wing, and it will allow the R1 to travel at up to 50 knots (57.5 mph), according to the team.

Boats during the 2013 races demonstrated speed of more than 2.5 times that of the actual wind, and they will likely be no slower this time around.

They accomplish this feat with a technique called foiling, which makes use of wing-like blades to lift the entire craft out of the water and appear to fly.

The engineering challenge alone is immense, and the sport employs top engineers and aerodynamicists using cutting-edge design software.

The 2017 race will take place in Bermuda. Competitors will sail 45-foot t0 50-foot long catamarans, which are smaller than the AC72 yachts used during the previous cup and part of an effort to curb the massive expense of the event.

The America's Cup, named for the first yacht to win the event, is the most prestigious race in the sailing world.

The "Auld Cup" has been contested since 1851, making it the oldest international sporting trophy in history.

It has long been the obsession of captains of industry like Sir Thomas Lipton (of Lipton Tea fame), Ted Turner (CNN, TBS), and, most recently, Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison.

This year the New York harbor will host a lead in race for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series May 7-8. The next race in the series takes place this weekend in Oman.

The 50-foot, carbon-fiber boats use a technique called foiling to rise out of the water and escape drag. This is the T2, a training boat used by British challenger Land Rover BAR.

All that speed comes with risks.

Controlling these massive, finicky boats is a tough business that requires lots of practice.

The Land Rover BAR T2 capsized in December — no one was hurt and the crew and boat were quickly put back into action.

Racing boats like these is a dangerous contact sport; the crew must wear helmets and survival gear at all times.

In 2013, while training in San Francisco Bay just weeks before the Cup races, Olympic-gold-medal winning sailor Andrew "Bart" Simpson was killed when his boat, owned by Swedish challenger Artemis Racing, capsized.

The 2013 America's Cup was staged in the San Francisco Bay, which made the race unusually spectator-friendly.

There's something about a good heist movie that makes a moviegoing experience perfect. From the high stakes to the top-shelf actors and directors who seem to gravitate to the genre, when it's done right, it can be a thrilling cinematic experience.

With this week's "Triple 9" about dirty cops involved in, yes, a heist (starring Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, and Casey Affleck), we thought it would be a good time to look back on classics in the genre. 

Here are the 21 best heist movies of all time, ranked.

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21. "A Fish Called Wanda"

John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin play a bumbling group who commit a robbery of very pricey diamonds (and then try to con one another out of the loot). Cleese and Palin are at top form and Kline's portrayal of a cocky American earned him an Oscar win for best supporting actor.  

20. “Mission: Impossible”

Though Tom Cruise's first time playing Ethan Hunt showed off all of the fun spy aspects of the franchise, it also had a very elaborate heist element. Hunt breaking into CIA headquarters to steal the "NOC" list is a highlight of the film.

19. “Bottle Rocket”

For Wes Anderson's directorial debut, he cast then-unknown brothers Luke and Owen Wilson as friends who plan the heist of a factory only for things to go horribly wrong.

This is a CubeSat. 

It's a satellite that weighs only about 3 pounds, and it's revolutionizing the way we can collect data about the Earth. 

Partly because they're so small, CubeSats only cost about $100,000 — cheap in comparison to the minimum $50 million it usually costs to launch a satellite into space.

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NASA's CubeSats Initiative has encouraged students, from elementary school to college, to launch their own satellites. The agency's Space Grant Program has paid for most of the ones students have made.

Source: NASA

In many cases, students have designed and built the CubeSats themselves.

Newsflash: We all make money mistakes sometimes.

The trick is to know what they are, and to improve upon them on the road to building wealth.

If you think you're the exception to the rule, take a look at the points below — you might not be as flawless with your finances as you think.

SEE ALSO: 13 signs you're better with money than you think you are

You don't know how much you earn or spend.

A 2015 study from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and personal finance site NerdWallet found that less than half (40%) of Americans say they keep close track of their spending and maintain a budget.

If you don't know how much money enters and leaves your bank account each month, you're setting yourself up for disaster, in the form of overdrafts, overspending, and debt.

It's simple math: If you're spending more than you earn, you're going to be in debt. And if you don't even have the numbers to plug into that equation, you could be in for a nasty surprise.

You don't have to know down to the cent (we believe you can give yourself $.50 of wiggle room), but you should be able to be more specific than "I earn $90,000 a year, my mortgage is $2,000 a month, and I probably spend a few hundred bucks on food."

"Probably" isn't going to cut it.

How to improve: Start keeping a record of your income and expenses. You can use an app like Mint, LearnVest, or You Need a Budget, an Excel spreadsheet, or even a pen and paper, if that's your style. Knowing how much money it takes to sustain your lifestyle is key.

Once you know how much you earn and how much you spend, some simple arithmetic will reveal how much you can afford to save, invest, or spend on high-tech headphones.

Bonus points if you've progressed beyond tracking your income and spending to establish a monthly budget. (For tips, check out these real people who keep diligent budgets.)

You're carrying credit card debt.

Debts can largely be lumped into two categories: good and bad.

Good debts come from investing in your future, such as buying a house or taking out loans for a college degree. Bad debts, along with typically high interest rates, don't help you build wealth or assets.

The prime example of bad debt is credit card debt, and if you have it, you've joined the ranks of the 34% of Americans who do. In fact, the US is on pace to have nearly $900 billion of credit card debt by the end of 2015.

How to improve: Make paying your credit card debt a priority. Because of the debt's high interest rate, it has the potential to quickly spiral out of control, costing you thousands more in interest.

Take a look at 13 tips from people who paid off thousands of dollars of debt for inspiration and ideas.

You're surprised by your bills each month.

A 2015 study from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that 55% of Americans either break even or spend more than they make each month.

Just meeting your obligations each month is also known as "living paycheck to paycheck," and it isn't a sustainable strategy. If you have just enough to pay your bills, what will you do if there's an emergency cost like a hospital bill or car repair? How will you save for grad school, or take a guilt-free weekend away to decompress? 

We all know this, on some level: A 2015 survey from GOBankingRates.com found that 20% of Americans fear living paycheck to paycheck.

How to improve: There are two ways to loosen the strings on your cash flow: Earn more money, or spend less. If you go the first route, take a look at tricks to negotiate a raise and ways to make extra cash while working full-time. If you're aiming to spend less, consider making a big impact by reducing your largest costs, like your rent or transportation, on top of spending less on a daily basis.

We can't wait for "Uncharted 4," the final game in the critically acclaimed "Uncharted" series.

"Uncharted 4" will release on April 26 as an exclusive game for the PlayStation 4.

For those unfamiliar with the franchise, you play as a treasure hunter named Nathan Drake, who travels to beautiful locales around the world uncovering historical mysteries and thwarting evildoers. It's a lot like the Indiana Jones movies if they were set in modern times.

The "Uncharted" games have sold millions of copies, and Naughty Dog, the series' developer, has won several Game of the Year awards for its efforts, weaving strong character development with excellent visuals and thrilling gameplay that's straight out of a Hollywood movie.

But the final "Uncharted" game, "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End," could be the best one yet. Just check out this new story footage from Naughty Dog and Sony.

Set several years after the events in "Uncharted 3," your character Nathan Drake is now retired as a fortune hunter.

He's now married to Elena Fisher, a journalist who's been Drake's love interest since the first "Uncharted" game.

Drake's life finally seems to have calmed down.

SpaceX is going to try and make history again.

On Thursday, February 25, the company will launch its 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Shortly after launch (and setting loose a new satellite into orbit), the first and biggest part of the rocket will fall back to Earth.

But instead of becoming junk at the bottom of the ocean, the rocket stage will try to land itself on an autonomous drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX has said it doesn't think this will work, but success has the potential to change spaceflight as we know it.

Here's how it might play out, and what it might mean for the future of the human race.

Kelly Dickerson contributed to this report.

Right now we rely on rockets to launch things like satellites and supplies for the International Space Station into space.

But just one rocket costs over $60 million, and you can only use it once. Amazon founder and space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has compared it to using a 747 to fly across the country once and then throwing the plane away.

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That's why Elon Musk's SpaceX and Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin are trying to develop reusable rockets.

Sophie Turner starred on HBO's hit "Game of Thrones" before she even hit puberty. 

Now, the fiery redhead best known as Sansa Stark will swap her corset for superpowers as she takes on another iconic role, that of Jean Grey in "X-Men: Apocalypse."

The movie arrives in theaters May 27. Until then, let's take a look back at Turner's rise to fame.

Sophie Turner started going to drama class at age three, which she says was "so [my mother] could have a cup of coffee for an hour."

Throwback to mini us @elliejjohnson 😝😳😘

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A grade school drama teacher recommended she audition for HBO's upcoming fantasy-drama, "Game of Thrones."

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Here's one of four incredibly cute auditions the 12-year-old gave.

Will it be "The Revenant"? Will it be "Spotlight"? Will it be "The Big Short"?

Those are the questions swirling around Hollywood and in all likelihood your living room heading into Sunday's Oscars night.

The best-picture category is in a tight three-way race for the statue, with no clear favorite, which will allow for some much-needed drama on a night when many of the other categories are forgone conclusions.

A big reason there's so much conflict among the Oscar pundits: the key awards these films did (and didn't) win in the run-up, which are always good indicators of what will ultimately grab Oscars.

Here we analyze the best-picture category and predict who will take home the prize.

SEE ALSO: Here's which actors are expected to clean up at the Oscars on Sunday — and other predictions

Why "Spotlight" could win

Of the three films being seriously considered, Tom McCarthy's look at The Boston Globe's uncovering of the Catholic Church child-molestation scandal in the city has been in the best-picture conversation the longest.

Since it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, the movie has been a critical darling, and it won key award-season prizes like the top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Writers Guild of America Awards (actors and writers form a large contingent in Academy membership).

Historically, best-picture winners have those two awards in the bag.

Why "The Big Short" could win

Adam McKay's look at the housing-bubble collapse in the mid-2000s got out of the gates late for award-season hopefuls, opening in theaters on December 23. But it quickly picked up attention, getting major nominations and then going on to win the top Producers Guild Award and WGA Award (for adapted screenplay).

Like "Spotlight," it has some of the major wins under its belt to be a serious contender for the Oscars' big prize.

And if only the real audience voted ...

If the real theatergoers had their say in the Oscars, many would most likely choose George Miller's epic blockbuster "Mad Max: Fury Road." The best-picture nominee, which is clearly a dark horse to win, has great performances by Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron and awe-inspiring cinematography and stunts.

This is one that we at the multiplex thirst for, but Oscar voters will do nothing more than give it a nomination to say "nice job."

There are four kinds of speakers in the business world:

1. The incoherent, who meander, use tons of jargon, and talk of things interesting mostly to themselves.
2. The coherent, who can verbally communicate facts and opinions but seldom say anything memorable.
3. The articulate, who speak succinctly and clearly but whose words are seldom persuasive.
4. The eloquent, who use language and body language to win the hearts and minds of listeners.

Eloquent people sound smart, regardless of how intelligent they are. The opposite is true as well. Smart people who are incoherent — like some engineers I've known — often come off as if they're of limited intelligence.

Fortunately, eloquence is a skill that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. Here are nine easily mastered techniques to quickly make yourself more eloquent and smarter-sounding.

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1. Stand or sit with spine straight but relaxed

Eloquence is more than just how you use language. It's also how you use your body language. The position of your back is the foundation of your body language and therefore the root of your eloquence.

Slumping communicates a lack of confidence in yourself and your words. The other extreme, a ramrod straight back, says "fight or flight." A straight but relaxed spine puts you in a mental and physical state from which words flow smoothly and easily.

2. Keep your chin up

The position of your head is just as important as the position of your spine, a fact reflected in many common expressions. To "hold your head high," for example, is to show pride and determination. To be "downcast" means you're already beaten down.

An upright head is essential for eloquence for physiological reasons as well. A tense neck — inevitable if your head is facing down — tends to strangle your words, preventing you from speaking clearly.

3. Focus on your listeners

Eloquence is meaningful only if people are listening to you, and they won't listen if you're thinking about something else or if your eyes are wandering all over the room. Eloquence without attention is mere speechifying.

Two special cases: Avoid glancing sideways — it makes you seem dishonest, i.e., shifty-eyed. If you must check your notes, use your eyes to look downward without nodding your head.

In a world where virtually everyone carries around a camera in their pockets, car companies have to take great care to keep their new designs a secret.

This is especially true when it comes to real-world road trials, in which a yet-to-be-revealed vehicle leaves the closed test track and makes it out into the public eye.

"Spy shots" are a staple of the auto-enthusiast world. Photographers have made careers of hiding out around the automakers' facilities to nab a photo of a new vehicle.

But the advent of the smartphone has brought a bunch of new, non-pro spies into the game.

So the automakers have pushed back. Ford, for example, has developed effective camouflage to hide their designs from spy photographers or cellphone cameras — and the Blue Oval just released a video explaining how it works.

Check it out:

SEE ALSO: These mind-blowingly fast racing yachts

Design is an essential component of attracting sales for carmakers, which is why they must carefully hide new products until their official release.

“The work we’re doing is crucial to Ford staying competitive in a constantly evolving industry,” said John LaQue of Ford's prototype division.

"When we make it to a reveal without a photo surfacing of a noncamouflaged car, we have all done our jobs.”

On Friday, Mailbox, the popular email app, will be shut down. 

This means that many people who rely on Mailbox, including me, will have to find another email app. ASAP.

I loved Mailbox because you could "snooze" emails so they disappeared from your inbox until later, and it was quick and easy to archive and delete messages to get to an empty inbox.

Fortunately, there are a handful of other good email apps to use when Mailbox is officially shuttered next month.

Inbox from Google

Inbox is a relatively new email app from Google. 

The app has a lot of features to help make email more manageable. For example, it highlights important parts of emails — reservation times, ticket information, photos, shipping information, etc. — so you don't always have to open actual messages. 

It also groups together similar messages, like promotions, which make them easier to delete, and allows you to create reminders on a to-do list. 

And like Mailbox, Inbox also lets you snooze emails for later. 

Available on: Android and iOS

Outlook from Microsoft

My colleagues love the Outlook iPhone app.

Outlook filters the most important emails to your "focused" tab. You can also quickly swipe to archive, delete, or "reschedule" (aka snooze) an email for later. You can also quickly arrange your inbox just by emails that have attachments. 

Steven Tweedie, Business Insider's tech editor, earlier this year called it "the best email app out right now."

Available on: Android, iOS, and Windows Phone

Spark from Readdle

Spark is another great email app. Like many of the apps on this list, it filters the important messages and groups the ones that aren't so important. It also allows you to snooze emails for later and swipe to archive and delete messages.

You can also use Spark to notify you when you receive important emails.

Available on: iOS

Montreal is as close to a European city as one can get without crossing the Atlantic.

French is the first language of over half the population (but many also speak English), the city has a unique way of mixing old-world architecture with the new (that might not be found elsewhere in the region), and there’s cutting-edge culture, design, and dining throughout.

Whether you find yourself with a layover in Montreal as you make your way over to other parts of Quebec, such as the mountain retreat of Mont Tremblant, or you make a day trip to the city, here’s how to make the most of a short time in the vibrant, Parisian-like destination.

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Morning: Weekend Brunch or Sightseeing

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If you find yourself in the city during the weekend, you can start the day the Montreal way with a long brunch. Être Avec Toi (Ê.A.T) at the W Montreal can make for an exciting venue with its murals, paintings, sculptures, and installations by a variety of artists. Art styles range from street art to contemporary, and the restaurant houses a gallery space and collaborative murals. First-time visitors might instead want to spend the morning walking around the cobbled streets of Old Montreal to visit and see the different attractions such as the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal City Hall, the Bonsecours Market, Place d'Armes, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica, and the Montreal Science Centre. 

Afternoon: Museums, Shopping, or a Mountain Escape

In the afternoon, stroll around the museums in downtown for some Canadian culture. The Musée des Beaux-Arts is home to traditional and classic fine art pieces, and modern, cutting-edge art can be found at the Musée d’Art Contemporain. Of course another option is to indulge in some retail therapy throughout the city. 

Full of city flair options and quirky finds, Montreal is home to everything from refined department stores to independent boutiques owned by local designers and internationally renowned ones. For fashionistas, August can be a great time to visit for the Montreal Fashion and Design Festival. In downtown, travelers can stick to Saint-Catherine Street to find all the department stores and designer shops, and in The Plateau, Saint-Laurent Boulevard (or “The Main”) has a mix of unusual and renowned shops. Another unique shopping option for the city is Underground Montreal, which is an underground pathway system that also houses several shops, restaurants, movie theaters and more -- and it connects the entire city, making it a convenient means of getting around during rough weather.

For an adventurous, picturesque late afternoon, travelers can head over to Mount Royal, the mountain in the middle of the city. While it make appear to be a big hill from the distance, it’s actually a small mountain with fantastic views of the city. In the winter, you’ll find people cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, and in the summer, you can walk serene hiking trails. 

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Night: Bars Aplenty

Nights in Montreal are almost always bustling. While there are countless dining options, those seeking a unique environment might want to check out L'Original in Old Montreal for a chalet-chic dining experience of Québécois cuisine. Afterwards, travelers can stay in the neighborhood to explore the bars with more historic and romantic ambiances, head to the Latin Quarter for a lively and casual night out, go to The Village for LGBT nightlife offerings, or head into one of the many hotel bars in downtown before calling it a night.

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