Stand-alone voice controlled information devices, namely, cloud-connected and voice-controlled smart audio speakers with virtual personal assistant capabilities; stand-alone voice controlled personal assistant device consisting of cloud-connected and voice-controlled smart audio speakers for integrating services provided via apps; voice controlled audio speakers; home automation control devices comprising computer hardware and wireless controllers for use in the Internet of Things, IoT; wireless communication devices for voice, data, or image transmission; computer software for accessing, monitoring, tracking, searching, saving, and sharing information on topics of general interest; computer software used for controlling stand-alone voice controlled information and personal assistant devices; computer software for use in connection with digital content subscription service and for providing search platforms to allow users to request and receive digital media content; computer software for creating, authoring, distributing, downloading, transmitting, receiving, playing, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing audio and multimedia content; voice command and recognition software, speech to text conversion software, and voice-enabled software applications; computer software for personal information management, and for accessing, browsing, and searching online databases, audio and multimedia content, games, and software applications; loud speakers; loud speakers system; wireless speakers; wireless indoor and outdoor speakers; acoustical transducer systems for reproducing sound; electrical adapter; electrical power processors, namely, power amplifiers, inverters and battery chargers