UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after I drafted this, Scoop-it announced the move from beta to public release. * * * * * I hope I’ll be forgiven for how long it has taken me to write Part 2 of this article. I know, I know, everyone says they’re really …

The multitude of social networks and tools available today can be daunting. It feels like the world is fragmenting more and more. But there are tools that make it possible to connect these dots, to find people with shared interests and to zero in …