JACKSONVILLE - Mayor Alvin Brown, JAXUSA Partnership, a division of the JAX Chamber, and community leaders congratulated Web.com today on its plans to create more than 200 new jobs during the next two years, with a majority of the new positions slated for its Jacksonville headquarters.

JACKSONVILLE - More than 150 aspiring entrepreneurs participated in the first Jacksonville Startup Weekend, held Jan. 20-22 at the University of North Florida Student Union Building.

Hosted by the iStart Jax Business Accelerator, IndoUS Chamber of Commerce and the JAX Chamber, the Jacksonville Startup Weekend is an event that enables entrepreneurs to take a concept to market in just 54-hours. Winners received prizes worth more than $25,000 of in-kind services to help them launch their new businesses.

GAINESVILLE - Gainesville-based digital music service, Grooveshark has launched a new HTML5 web app, making its all-encompassing music platform available on any mobile device that has an HTML5-compatible browser.

The company announced its new super-secret beta on its official blog, stating that its new mobile website supports iOS, Android 2.3 and above, the BlackBerry PlayBook and HP TouchPad, and goes as far as offering a “bonus surprise” to beta testers that access the site using a device that it has not listed.

GAINESVILLE - After serving as University of Florida student body president and graduating nearly two years ago, Jordan Johnson left town to work for General Electric. Now, he's back in Gainesville as co-founder and president of Totuit, a mobile application development company housed in the new Florida Innovation Hub at UF.

At Wednesday's dedication, Johnson said the facility could help change a mindset held by many graduates that they have to leave Gainesville to start their careers.