If multiple languages cause confusion and scattering, why speak in many 'tongues'?
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Speaking the same thing
The full text of 1 Cor. 1:10 (KJV) reads:
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. [emphasis mine]
From the context, Paul was not saying that the Corinthians should not speak in tongues. In fact, he speaks positively of their operating in spiritual gifts in verse 5. He was enjoining them to have the same mindset, which was also the case in Acts 2:1 when "...they were all with one accord in one place."
The Answer to Division
What we see with the introduction of the gift of tongues in Acts 2 is the converse to the division created at Babel, and indeed is the Holy Spirit's answer to the confusion of Babel. Note that in Acts 2:11, "...we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God." The arrival of the Holy Spirit and His gifts brings unity, not division. The division of Babel happened because of humanity's hubris—true unity happens when believers are submitted to the Spirit.
The problem the Corinthians were having was that they were missing the point of the Spirit's gifts. Paul states the true purpose of the Spirit's gifts in 1 Cor. 12:7 (NIV):
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
Everything that the Spirit does in the midst of God's people is motivated by God's character of love and is therefore "for the common good." Tongues is but one of those gifts that, when used properly by a believer submitted to God's will, always leads to unity and not discord or division.
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