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Add note regarding current disabled status of mDNS #661

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## mDNS Support

**Due to several issues, mDNS support is currently disabled this app! We intend to revisit (and hopefully reenable) this feature in the future.**
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disabled *in this app

IMO "re-enable" reads better than "reenable"


The Physical Web is about getting URLs into the physical world. However, this isn't limited to just Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. [mDNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS) is a service broadcast technique used in Wi-Fi networks. It has two advantages over BLE:

1. Only people logged into your Wi-Fi can see the mDNS URLs. This means that in an apartment, your neighbors can't see your devices.
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