On this episode of Techathlon, Corinne Iozzio, Stan Horaczek, and Rob Verger attempt to figure out the right price for this year's Black Friday deals, guess if tweets are T-Mobile CEO John Legere making fun of competitors or customers complaining about their carriers, and catch up on the week’s headlines, including Google's new push to replace SMS as the default texting protocol.

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Hosted by Jason Lederman.

Theme music by Billy Cadden.