M&A, Strategies, Alliances Apple has joined the FlexTech Alliance of over 160 companies to develop high-tech military wearables for the Pentagon, alongside ThinkFilm, Qualcomm and Fujitsu. The alliance has secured $75m in funding. Google has apparently scrapped a project that would have let businesses push adverts to Google Maps users based on location via Bluetooth beacons, after it was deemed too invasive. Infineon, the Siemens silicon spinout, has hinted that it is looking heavily at acquisitions and is open to being acquired itself – an attractive proposition for those with automotive ambitions. The IIC passed 200 members, and announced its new steering committee. Fujitsu has acquired Applied Card Technologies (ACT) to boost its smart city transportation portfolio, putting the digital…