The Samsung Developer Conference was the stage upon which Samsung announced a swathe of new IoT initiatives and updates. Strangely little was said about the upcoming Tizen 3.0, Samsung’s IoT operating system, but a new cloud platform for IoT apps, the first step towards an Amazon Alexa rival, and a slightly confusing connected car presentation are sure to remind many that while Samsung hasn’t been particularly active in the IoT, it has big plans for the future. The Artik Cloud promises to enable companies to collect and manage data generated from any device, and not just the namesake range of Samsung low-power chips. Key to the platform is an open API, that aims to minimize the time that developers spend…