README update to mention BLE beacon in windows build section

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<li>tested on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.</li>
</ul>
<ol type="1">
<li><p>Download and install <strong>Bonjour SDK for Windows
v3.0</strong>. You can download the SDK without any registration at <a
<li>Download and install <strong>Bonjour SDK for Windows v3.0</strong>.
You can download the SDK without any registration at <a
href="https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/SDK-DDK/Bonjour-SDK.shtml">softpedia.com</a>,
or get it from the official Apple site <a
href="https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Bonjour%20SDK%20for%20Windows">https://developer.apple.com/download</a>
(Apple makes you register as a developer to access it from their site).
This should install the Bonjour SDK as
<code>C:\Program Files\Bonjour SDK</code>.</p></li>
<code>C:\Program Files\Bonjour SDK</code>.</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li><strong>NEW: while you still need to install the Bonjour SDK to
build UxPlay, there is now an alternative method for Service Discovery
using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon. A Windows-based python script
for running the beacon is available for this.</strong> See <a
href="#bluetooth-le-beacon-setup">instructions below</a>.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="2" type="1">
<li><p>(This is for 64-bit Windows; a build for 32-bit Windows should be
possible, but is not tested.) The unix-like MSYS2 build environment will
be used: download and install MSYS2 from the official site <a

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@@ -920,6 +920,10 @@ downloads, "UxPlay" for "git clone" downloads) and build/install with
site). This should install the Bonjour SDK as
`C:\Program Files\Bonjour SDK`.
* **NEW: while you still need to install the Bonjour SDK to build UxPlay, there is now an alternative method for
Service Discovery using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon. A Windows-based python script for running the beacon
is available for this.** See [instructions below](#bluetooth-le-beacon-setup).
2. (This is for 64-bit Windows; a build for 32-bit Windows should be
possible, but is not tested.) The unix-like MSYS2 build environment
will be used: download and install MSYS2 from the official site

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@@ -944,6 +944,12 @@ downloads, "UxPlay" for "git clone" downloads) and build/install with
site). This should install the Bonjour SDK as
`C:\Program Files\Bonjour SDK`.
- **NEW: while you still need to install the Bonjour SDK to build
UxPlay, there is now an alternative method for Service Discovery
using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon. A Windows-based python
script for running the beacon is available for this.** See
[instructions below](#bluetooth-le-beacon-setup).
2. (This is for 64-bit Windows; a build for 32-bit Windows should be
possible, but is not tested.) The unix-like MSYS2 build environment
will be used: download and install MSYS2 from the official site