[Trainer-talk] Who ever heard about beacons and its applications for the blind

[Andrzej Woch]

W dniu 2014-10-07 19:09, Damashe Thomas via Trainer-talk pisze:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed an issue when attempting to set up gmail in outlook a few days
> ago. I was getting prompts to enter the password. The client I was helping
> soon after received an email from Google, advising them that a log in from
> an unsecured application had been attempted. The email went on to say that
> in order to allow gmail to be used with unsecured applications, the user
> has to allow this by going to their Google security settings.
>
> This may be the root of your problems. It seems that Google has decided to
> treat outlook differently than in the past, or, not everyone using gmail
> with outlook has this security setting set to off.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Jim Portillo via Trainer-talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about whether something's going on
>> with setting up Outlook and Gmail these days.  Here's why I ask.
>>
>> And, just so everyone knows, I've set up several of these Gmail accounts
>> with Outlook for students in the past.  In fact, I recently set one up for
>> myself on a tablet that runs Outlook 2013, and it seemed to work.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the past week, a student got a new computer with Windows 7 and MS Office
>> 2013.  We tried going through the steps to set his account up, and Outlook
>> wasn't taking it.  While it was trying to set up, it came up with another
>> window or popup area asking me to enter in the password.  Whatever we tried
>> doing was not working, and this is something that is generally done
>> automatically so that folks can use IMap.
>>
>>
>>
>> A couple of days later, another student came to me and let me know that
>> he'd
>> installed Outlook 2013 on his computer and was trying to set up his Gmail
>> account.  It didn't take his either.similar to my other student.
>>
>> Today, my first student said that this past weekend, he and his sister
>> tried
>> again to see if his Gmail account would work with Outlook, and they got the
>> same results.
>>
>> We made sure the simple things, like correct email addresses and passwords
>> were being typed into the correct fields.
>>
>> I tried getting on Google to see if there were any new changes that needed
>> to be made, but I found nothing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know what could be going on?  This should not be happening with
>> Outlook and Gmail.  Generally, my setups are flawless.
>>
>> The only thing I've not tried doing is a pop3 setup, because both my
>> students want to use IMap for using their Gmail on multiple devices.
>>
>> Any ideas would be great.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Trainer-talk mailing list
>> Trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Trainer-talk:
>>
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org/dthomas%40nfbga.org
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Trainer-talk mailing list
> Trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Trainer-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org/andrzej%40woch.com.pl
>
     High everyone,
   A beacon is a small device, whic says to your iPhone through 
bluetooth connection, I am Beacon number xx. it can be seen by a mobile 
phone from distance you define.
    In anyone knows anything about such a device.

best wishes