Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have been contributing to soaring financial results. CNET The iPhone will prove as resilient as ever — even if a potential hiccup is on the horizon. That’s the expectation for Apple when it reports its financial results for the third quarter Tuesday. Typically, the fiscal third quarter is Apple’s …

Z Camera In one weekend, the Kickstarter for the E1 Camera, a GoPro look- and act-alike action camera but with a Micro Four Thirds lens mount, rounded past the 300-percent mark for funding and is rapidly on its way to 400 percent. It’s the brainchild of the unfortunately named startup Z — yup, just the letter “Z” although it’s sometimes …

Verizon Wireless shared some insightful data into law enforcement requests on customer information. Verizon Wireless Verizon has not seen much of a slowdown on requests for its customer data across the US, according to the wireless carrier’s Transparency Report for the First Half of 2015. In total, Verizon received 149,810 requests on customer information in the US during the first …

After launching less than two years ago, Vroom predicts that its used-cars sales will reach $300 million this year. Vroom Can $54 million make the used-car lot obsolete? Vroom is banking on it — or at least trying to make buying a car a little less horrible. The startup announced Monday that it has raised eight figures from investors, including …

Visitors walk past an eBay and PayPal stand at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, when the companies were still unified. Getty Images When eBay bought PayPal in 2002, the price tag was a measly $1.5 billion. Now, about 13 years later, PayPal is worth nearly $50 billion and has outgrown its former parent. Monday marks the first day …

Sprint now offering a budgeted Android experience through its prepaid brands. Sprint Sprint kicked off the week by announcing a pair of LG smartphones on Monday for two of its prepaid brands. Related Links 6-inch LG G Pro 3 rumors gaining steam T-Mobile piles up new customers as race with Sprint heats up Sprint embarks on quest to fix its …

Sarah Tew / CNET The Pebble Time is a good smartwatch, but until today it was only available via Pebble. Best Buy now offers the Pebble Time in all three colors (red, white and black), either online or in-store, in the US only. As of this moment, at least a few Manhattan locations show it being ready for in-store pickup. …

Now playing: Watch this: The big titles headed to Amazon Prime for August 2015 2:38 Amazon’s Prime service brings 18 more titles to the its streaming service, but there’s hours of entertainment to be had. The full eight-season run of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” hits Amazon Prime Instant Video August 6. Should you chose to subject yourself to that …

Samsung and Apple are still at the top of the smartphone space, according to TrendForce. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung was the most popular smartphone maker in the second quarter, but overall, the handset space looks to be a bit weaker than anticipated. Smartphone shipments will grow 8.2 percent year over year in 2015, but that’s down from an expected growth rate …

The Huawei Ascend Mate 7 is one of the mobile devices driving the company’s growth in 2015. Andrew Hoyle/CNET China-based Huawei had a “healthy” first half of the year. Huawei, which builds both smartphones and telecommunications equipment, including products used for cellular calls and data transfer, generated 175.9 billion yuan (about $28.3 billion) in revenue during the first six months …