M&A, Strategies, Alliances The prpl Alliance and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) have announced a joint collaboration, to advance smart home security. Samsung appears to have dropped out of its rumored plan to acquire Magneti Marelli and its automotive assets. Intel has added former ARM and Delphi staff to its IoT leadership team, targeting growth in its automotive portfolio via the new Automated Driving Group (ADG). Nokia and HPE have announced a new strategic collaboration to target smart city and industrial customers, with connectivity and compute/network solutions. Fitbit is said to be acquiring Pebble for around $40m, according to The Information. Alibaba’s YunOS has joined the ZigBee Alliance. WISeKey is buying QuoVadis, a PKI security provider and certificate authority,…