Apple on canceled portable power Kickstarter: Tech issues prevented integration (but now we’ve figured it out)

Yesterday the news broke that popular Kickstarter project POP, the portable power station, was canceling the product and refunding the full $139,170 it had collected from backers, due to Apple's refusal to license the Lightning charger in a device that includes multiple charging options.

Apple kills a Kickstarter project: Portable power project POP refunding $139,170 to backers

Edison Junior, maker of a portable power station for mobile devices, is refunding all of its Kickstarter backers after Apple refused to give it permission to license the Lightning charger.