Verb conjugation of "fondare" in Italian

The third and forth largest economies in the world are growing due to the fact that the countries were investing large resources in education, including foreign language acquisition. English, in this case, was the dominant language.
It is called Facebook viral marketing. I'm 62 and it's somewhat mystifying, but my two boys are using it continuously. What I'm a bit afraid of is the personal information they send to everybody. It has no privacy.
Germany has a very diverse geography in the North we have the port cities of Hamburg and Bremen, and people are more open, there are a few hills up there. Then you should also visit Berlin.