Here are five social media tools grabbing headlines last week, tools that can make your job and your personal life a bit easier:

1. Fluxiom helps put your online content house in order. Though DropBox has become on of 2011’s biggest success stories, several other file-sharing solutions are lining up for a piece of the action. Fluxiom is like DropBox on steroids and includes an innovative broadcast function. Check out the introduction video here.

2. TweetCloud delivers Twitter insights in a flash. This handy tool gives you an at-a-glance look at the most popular keywords associated with Twitter users and topics. If you want to get your head around a new follower or emerging topic, this is worth a spot in your toolkit. You can also turn your search into a widget for your blog or website.

3. SocialSearching.info makes Twitter and Facebook searching simpler. This is another basic and enormously useful tool. SocialSearching.info allows you to choose for whom and for what you are searching, which gives you the data you need. The best news: You can break this down by your own friends and followers or go broader with a full public search.

4. OpenNearMe.com takes location-based data to a new level. This site is still in beta, but its potential is huge. OpenNearMe.com tells you which stores and shops are open at any time of the day in any area you specifiy. Find out more about this clever service here.

5. TwentyFeet brings all your data together—hurrah! There has been a lot of buzz about this tool in the last few days, and it’s easy to see why. TwentyFeet aggregates all your social media performance data and serves it up on one dashboard. Read more here.

On the Paratus Communications blog, PR Daily Europe contributor Adam Vincenzini rounds up five of the most-talked-about social media platforms each week. The feature is called Platform Five. Adam has agreed to simulcast it on PR Daily.